Scott films the scenes with all the appropriate artiness. His battle scenes have much sport in them. Theres lots of blood and swords being slung around and flaming arrows and decapitations and the like. If you go in for that sort of ugliness, there will be plenty for you to adhere to here. Scott's drama scenes are high drama.
People talk like they are mouthing important and Shakespearian dramaturge.
Only a few scenes glisten with any emotional truth. Scott's establishing shots are the most obvious of matte artistry and Industrial Light and Magic trickery. Many of the special effects look phony. And many of the numerous battle scenes are edited up with a butcher knife so you can't see much of anything. If you cringe at all the right moments, it looks pretty good.