An awful waste of film and a truly heroic tale

Rating: 1/10 (29 November 2009)

What I don't understand is how they could take such a compelling battle as this and turn it in to the snoozefest of a movie I just watched! The minimal effort to build up the plot and jump right in to battle hurt the movie right from the start. From there it only got worse as they failed to show any of the tactical maneuvering and strategic importance building up to this battle and resulting from it. To further this failing they didn't bring in to play any respect or understanding of the Persians. They really missed so much of the Spartan ethos. A few attempts here and there by a narrator to build the story would be very tough to even come close, even if it had been well written. Sure they came up with a stylized movie that just ooozed watchmewatchme, but even the battle scenes lacked any feeling of depth no matter how much they tried to use The Matrix type effects. The cinematography was quite good but that's about the only redeeming factor to this movie.