Extremely weak and corny

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2007)

I'm not even going to bother with the historical aspects of the movie, because this is a fantasy, and an extremely loose adaptation of the Greek historians account.
I loved the graphics and the battle scenes. Fantastic use of lighting and an excellent job of cinematography.
The story however was extremely weak. You'd think that a great epic battle that has survived more than 2500 years would be portrayed more fully and attractively, but I'm saddened to say that many aspects of the original plot was ignored to make room for an almost completely fighting movie. In addition, I found the entire dialog to be non-original as if it was copy pasted from a bunch of other movies.
I thought the first half an hour of the movie was very decent, it was thereafter that the dialog became extremely repetitive and corny. For instance, Leonidas giving the same speech over and over again in front of his army. Some things didn't even make any sense, as at one point he says something and an hour later he retracts it.
Battle scenes take almost 90% of the movie. I love the battle scenes but after seeing an hour of that I grew tired, to be honest I was bored. I want to see 2 hours of fighting I order a UFC pay per view, when I watch a movie I want a decent plot and turn of events.
Loud and deafening, my friends and I all came out of the movie with headaches, and I'm used to loud sounds and noises. Leonidas especially grows louder and louder by the end, to the point you just don't want to hear him again.
I have no idea what's the purpose of all the ugly faces and lepers in the movie, or the Hunchback of NotreDamme for that matter.
I must say I was disappointed greatly, and do not recommend this movie at all unless you're a guy under 18.
In the end, I must say I can't believe anyone can get offended by this movie, I have read reviews of people from both Greek and Persian backgrounds, and this movie is so ridiculous that can only offend a child. 5 out of 10.