Nonsense. The battles in Rome are probably the best portrayal of late republican Roman warfare.
Welcome to the Forum. Consider that best portrayal just means least inaccurate, not point-on accurate. As a historian nothing inaccurate will ever satisfy me. I have described elsewhere, perhaps in the early parts of this very thread, why I consider the depiction inaccurate. I am too lazy to do so again, sorry.

Mac, what are you trying to imply when you say "modern though"? Those who fought wars during the Bronze and Iron ages, as far as I know, were also of the species Homo sapiens.
I am not certain what you mean, but the essay is talking about modern wars and why the films depicting them are inaccurate. It sparked an interesting debate on H-War on the pros and cons of war films, but this too concerns modern wars- especially WWII.

At least that battle scene makes sense. The first one I ever see where the legionaries know to keep their rank and raise their scutum to protect them from stroks from above and stab the enemies in abdomen and thighs.
See my reply to VonVince.