Well nice movie but...

Rating: 7/10 (30 March 2008)

I remember when i first heard about the movie 300. I instantly thought that it was based on Steven Pressfields "Gates of Fire", by far the best book i ever read. And woooow was i excited and anxious to watch this movie. I remember when i finished reading this book how i thought that "Gates of Fire" as a movie would own Braveheart. But than i found out that this movie is an adaptation of Frank Millers novel, and well i thought it can't be much different right? Well i was wrong. The historical mistakes aren't the problem, the reality mistakes are. I mean Persians portrayed as LOTR type creatures is simply wrong. This transformed this historical event into total fantasy. Besides this the movie was good, nice drama, nice score and great action. So the movie is is good, but it should have been one of the greatest.
Well i guess people who never read "Gates of Fire" won't understand what i'm talking about, but for us, fans of Pressfields masterpiece this makes sense.
There's nothing left for now but to wait and hope that one day somebody will make a movie based on "Gates of Fire". Until then we have 300.