The mutants ruin this otherwise excellent film

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2007)

I have been expecting this movie for a long time and at first it was announced for the autumn of 2007. I couldn't wait that long and i'm glad I didn't have to. I felt thrills down my spine for at least half of the movie and some parts were really moving, breathtaking and monumental. Frank Miller is brilliant in some ways but has a few obsessions that he should, in my opinion, get rid of. I would have appreciated a lot more a pure historical film done in this manner, because the film making and the battle scenes are absolutely brilliantly done. My favorite history/drama movie is The Gladiator. If 300 had the seriousness and the deepness of that movie, it would have been the best history/drama movie ever made. If it weren't for the monsters and mutants, it would have truly been a masterpiece... I am looking forward to seeing other graphic novels by Miller get screened because they have that darkness that is somewhat unique. I loved Sin City, but some scenes involving Mickey Rourke, Benicio del Toro and the Yellor Bastard ruin the splendid scenes done by Bruce Willis or Josh Hartnett. It it weren't for that absurd sci-fi - fantasy touch, these movies would have beep quite deep. Frank Miller, grow up man, you're wasting your talent and the genius inside you continues to be a little too childish...