What a ride! These were my heroes since childhood and in this film they came to life. The moments I almost got a hard-on from excitement is when I was hearing the true and historically documented sayings deeply embedded in the Greek DNA: "Your shield or on your shield", "Come and get it", "So much the better, we shall fight in the shade", "Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here, by Spartan law, we lie". I can't believe any Greek remained stiff during these.
My total respect to everyone involved in making this film. Guys, thank you from the depth of my heart. You created an absolute delight for us Greeks and I hope for everyone else. I'm over 30 and I haven't felt like this for years! Excellent costumes, wonderful imagery and very faithful to both the comic and the novel. In fact it's almost identical to the image of Spartans we all carry in our collective subconscious, this is why it resonated with Greeks so much (broke all box office records!).
My total respect to everyone involved in making this film. Guys, thank you from the depth of my heart. You created an absolute delight for us Greeks and I hope for everyone else. I'm over 30 and I haven't felt like this for years! Excellent costumes, wonderful imagery and very faithful to both the comic and the novel. In fact it's almost identical to the image of Spartans we all carry in our collective subconscious, this is why it resonated with Greeks so much (broke all box office records!).