Uh..., this is SUPPOSED to be a Comic Book Like Fantasy...

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2007)

The summary comment is for the fellow who complained that the battle scenes were not realistic...
Uh..., so like, go watch 'SAVING RYAN'S PRIVATES' then, okay...
GEEZ, REAL bright one there...
Anyway, sorry about that. So, I'm gonna sound like all these studio 'PLANTS' who rave and rave about films in their posts, but I'm not : ) All I can say is simply... WOW!!! I believe this is the VERY first time I've ever given a movie a '10'. The film was visually stunning; I liked the way that it added in just the right touch of mysticism and supernatural elements to give it a nice Mythical flavor which made it REALLY great and satisfying for us imaginative people out here who would NOT really be all that interested in a STRAIGHT War film with standard, 'realistic' battles. VERY, VERY nice!!! I have honestly NEVER seen a film quite like this one (maybe I just don't get out much, I don't know...) But, I'm telling you, it was something to behold...
And, as a side point, I REALLY appreciated the restraint in the gore; not so much that you didn't see a LOT of people shredded or impaled, you most certainly do. But, I really admired the way that even though this was necessary because it IS a film about a VERY hairy battle, STILL, the 'gore' was very 'clean' really. When people were beheaded it was very 'clean' is the only word I can think of. And the 'blood' flying all around during the battle was kind of 'standardized'. The film makers didn't go out of their way to show explicit, extremely realistic gore, innards, etc. They just showed kind of a homogenized, generic brown-like spray when people got sliced and diced. Sort of like how Spielberg did it in 'WAR OF THE WORLDS', where people kind of got shredded by those rays, but it didn't really look nasty...
Not to make TOO big of a deal of it, but NOT being a true fan of gore, per se, I REALLY appreciated the fact that the creators and director did NOT go out of their way to make it as nasty and realistic as possible. They kept the emphasis on the story, the characters, and the battle itself, rather than super accentuating the gore which in my opinion would have SERIOUSLY detracted from the primary strength and power of the film...