Compared to the testosterone-induced slaughter-fest that is the 2007 release titled 300, this first telling of the Battle of Thermopylae has a good story, and yet the characters are uninteresting and the action is dull.
The acting is pretty good, though there isn't a single performance I could highlight.
The music is forgettable.
The battles are just dull. The laziest looking fights I've ever seen -- no matter how they fought in the times, there's gotta be some variation or thrills -- each time the Spartans and Persian army collide, it seems as if it's the same battle over and over again.
All in all, this is just too dull for me to recommend to some people. This is a film a teacher could show to their 8th-grade class, compared to the gruesomeness of 300 (2007).
The acting is pretty good, though there isn't a single performance I could highlight.
The music is forgettable.
The battles are just dull. The laziest looking fights I've ever seen -- no matter how they fought in the times, there's gotta be some variation or thrills -- each time the Spartans and Persian army collide, it seems as if it's the same battle over and over again.
All in all, this is just too dull for me to recommend to some people. This is a film a teacher could show to their 8th-grade class, compared to the gruesomeness of 300 (2007).