Good Cinema, Horrible Story

Rating: 1/10 (12 April 2007)

As far as films go, the movie is well-made and COULD BE entertaining to an uneducated mind. However, to the vast majority of educated people, especially those with any knowledge of ancient history, this movie really makes you bite your lip (in regret).
It's like watching a movie about WWII where the Nazi Party's actions are rationalized and that Germans win at the end -- the movie could be extremely well-made, but I personally would feel pretty uneasy watching it. And no matter how cool the effects were, it would leave a bad taste in my mouth.
My point is that this movie is really flawed in terms of story. If it's based on a fake story in a comic (as the creators suggest it is), they should have not tried to pass it off as a story from history. They could have changed up the names, made fake country names for each side and made it unrelated to history, and it probably would have been better.
Overall, it's a 'just OK' movie, but it's not going to be nominated for any Oscars.