Best movie in years (Except Sin City)

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2007)

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. A must watch move. The story is simple, the enemy is coming, and you are not allowed to do the maximum to protect your land.
The battles so intense you want to push the enemy back with your own shield. According to the historians the battles in ancient battlefields looked like we've seen in this movie. Shield to shield, and some stab to the enemy. The characters do not develop, why should they? This is not the movie you if you want to see deep thoughts, or great characters: go to a video store and get a Lars von Trier Movie. There are good guys and bad guys, and traitors, monsters, what else do we need?
Many people say that the history was different: this is not the history! This is the way the Spartans wanted to see this event. Iranians now can say that this is propaganda, but they forget that this movie was written years ago, by Frank Miller, so the present day conflicts do not affected this movie.
I'd really like to see a movie about the next battle: the Battle at Salamis. Some historians say that was the history changing battle. (If Xerxses would win there, that would result the end of democracy, and the modern Europes base.)