Don't feel offended

Rating: 6/10 (10 March 2007)

If you are looking forward to a decent art film, then this is definitely for you. However, don't take the historic aspects too seriously. Its meant to be fiction and should be treated as such!
I read the Persians are offended because they were portrayed as barbarians. Well the Greeks (spartans) in the film were no angels either... killing off the disabled/deformed infants and weeding out the weak are not civilized acts! People really need to take a chill pill.
The film does have a great deal of goods to deliver, the script is well written and dramaticism well posed. Good use of stop-motion and slowmo scenes. It does a good job of creating a sense of the gigantic task at hand, however in all the blood splashes, it fails to deliver enough of an adrenalin rush.
First mistake they made was giving away all major events in the trailer. So there were no surprises left. Secondly, the narrative was too repetitive and obvious, almost annoying. The adrenaline just wasn't there! I wasn't sitting at the edge of my seat. I wasn't even thinking of sitting at the edge of my seat. Honestly i expected more out of this movie. Gladiator made me slide on to the edge. Sin City made me slide to the edge and then pushed me off.
I give them a 6 for effort.