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<blockquote data-quote="Lewis526" data-source="post: 3411694">I have a way to predict whether you'll like this movie.&nbsp; Ask yourself the following question: &quot;Do I read history books or comic books?&quot;If you read history books, you'll go home disappointed and angry that the movie failed you in so many ways.&nbsp; The movie was all about the battle, but almost everything about the actual fighting is historically inaccurate, starting with the Spartans' glaring lack of armor on their bodies, and ending with the total lack of phalanx tactics.&nbsp; The first ten seconds of the battle are accurate, the rest is utter hogwash.&nbsp; To add insult to injury, Leonidas lectures another character about how Spartan hoplites &quot;fight as one&quot; only moments (in the movie) before their formation completely breaks down into a chaotic free-for-all of one-on-one duelling.&nbsp; 300 Greeks could never have held that position fighting the way the movie shows them fighting.If you read comic books, you'll be pleased as punch.&nbsp; There's more eye-candy in it than I've seen in a long time.Finally, to those who say it had &quot;homophobic&quot; overtones: how do you explain the way the camera dallied so lovingly on all the sweaty male body-builders' torsos?&nbsp; I kept hoping to see some sexy shots of Spartan women, but all I got were sexy shots of Spartan men.&nbsp; Even in the love scene between Leonidas and his queen, you saw more of his body than of hers.I'm more the history type, so I gave it a 2/10.&nbsp; Not bad enough to walk out of, but I want my $8 back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lewis526, post: 3411694"] I have a way to predict whether you'll like this movie. Ask yourself the following question: "Do I read history books or comic books?" If you read history books, you'll go home disappointed and angry that the movie failed you in so many ways. The movie was all about the battle, but almost everything about the actual fighting is historically inaccurate, starting with the Spartans' glaring lack of armor on their bodies, and ending with the total lack of phalanx tactics. The first ten seconds of the battle are accurate, the rest is utter hogwash. To add insult to injury, Leonidas lectures another character about how Spartan hoplites "fight as one" only moments (in the movie) before their formation completely breaks down into a chaotic free-for-all of one-on-one duelling. 300 Greeks could never have held that position fighting the way the movie shows them fighting. If you read comic books, you'll be pleased as punch. There's more eye-candy in it than I've seen in a long time. Finally, to those who say it had "homophobic" overtones: how do you explain the way the camera dallied so lovingly on all the sweaty male body-builders' torsos? I kept hoping to see some sexy shots of Spartan women, but all I got were sexy shots of Spartan men. Even in the love scene between Leonidas and his queen, you saw more of his body than of hers. I'm more the history type, so I gave it a 2/10. Not bad enough to walk out of, but I want my $8 back. [/QUOTE]

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