Visually one of the most stunning films I have ever seen.
Ironically, the film does not close with any historical details - and in that sense this filim is in someways more historical than it lets its audience know. On the other hand, of course there is great artistic license with many visual aspects. I was quite pleased with the casting - as it borrowed from Borimer (Sean Bean) and Ferimer (spelling) character actors from Lord of the Rings. Nice.
By no means a politically correct film. We have enough films pandering to that - it's nice to see a fucking film about the basic urge in guys for some violence. If you didn't like this film that's cool - there's nothing wrong with being a pussy
Derails on what you know about Spartan culture are welcome. On the one hand, the film conveniently overlooks the fact that - (yuck) - homosexuality was an important part of Spartan military training at least for one phase of life in the barracks. On the other hand, the film appears to be quite accurate in its portrayal of the investment this society made into producing a SINGLE spartan solidier - which generally is achieved when the man reaches 30 years of age.
I actually would have appreciated some scenes which gave me a better idea of how the phalanx formation worked - but I think I get the basic idea in how the the first 2-3 rows work together (if anyone wants to post their take on this - I would appreciate it).
Anyway, an amazing film, no doubt the cinematography in this film will be precedent setting - and overused in the future in other flicks.
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