Good (computerized) battle scenes, but still an overrated film

Rating: 2/10 (5 September 2012)

The first third of the film is rather boring... Then events start to develop but that you see on screen is battle for battle's sake. Life in Sparta is running slightly on the background only.
As for actors, there are no real "gems", Fassbender, for example, has too small part. Butler as Leonidas and Heady as Gorgo are rather mediocre... And should Xerxes look like gay emo? And why are monster persons and monster animals brought along?
I have seen much better historical Greek-Roman era films, e.g. Spartacus, Gladiator, Alexander, Attila. You may enjoy it if you like fantasy comic books and do not care about historical accuracy.