300 Spartans !!!

[ShadeHonestus]

But thats not the point of the movie. The movie is based on the comic, which greatly changed the actually happenings to make it more entertaining to the public. The movie is based on those extravagent and over done comic books, which in turn is loosely based on the real event. The producers are not making it to inform, but to entertain, which, by the previews, looks as if they did a good job. Sure, i might point out some things that are completely wrong, but its not supposed to be right.

Brought to you by the same people who did Sin City.

I'm not saying this won't be great entertainment valuing only the fiction, but what I will say is that you won't want to be a high school world history teacher in the U.S. after its release. You'd be amazed at how many times this movie will be quoted for historical purposes by those weak in cranial exercise. This is not to mention those who have such weak academic progams that they'll never be taught the truth and forever will have their historical view skewed.

RE: any number of entertaining movies at the cost of historical accuracy.

P.S. I remember hearing many a student trying to source Jim Garrison's speech/closing argument in Oliver Stone's JFK and courtroom testimony. The real Jim Garrison never made that speech and much of the testimony is a bit of hollywood gold..lol