OK for a comic book made into a movie

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2007)

This movie held my interest ... the acting was solid and dialogue interesting. The variety of different accents of the actors became distracting; it was hard to understand how the Spartans, living in one small city could have so many different accents! Also distracting were the cinematographic effects. I got tired of the slow motion, the sepia toned frames, the red toned frames, etc. Also distracting in this movie was the number of mutant humans. The battle scenes were quite interesting, but historically VERY inaccurate and most likely impossible as well. I also took great exception to Xerxes (the name of a real king) being represented as very different than the real person was. Also of note was the large numbers of Persians the movie had portrayed by Black persons; Persia is now Iran and there are very few Black Iranians! The whole movie struck me like a comic book brought to life - so if you are in the mood for a completely untrue, totally fantasy, completely impossible plot and you don't mind lots of mutants, strange lighting and colors, and ultra fake backgrounds, you will enjoy this movie! It does move quickly and the actors hold your attention.