300

[Rodion Romanovich]

the old spartacus might spark your testosterone.

Yes, it did

I prefer attempts at being historical accuracy such as Spartacus, even if not perfect down to every detail, over the movies that don't attempt at all, such as 300. In fact, ordering the movies after how much I liked them I get almost the same order as when I order them by degree of historical accuracy.

The main weaknesses of Spartacus are probably: 1. they didn't have the modern technology for recording battle scenes, cavalry charges and the like (these are actually pretty decent, albeit often exaggerating the powerfulness of the cavalry, in some of the modern [a]historical movies), so only a small part of manouvering could actually be recorded, 2. they had to appeal to the masses (read: female watchers) by making Spartacus a heroic, charming figure fighting for liberty and justice without any selfish ideas at all so they could add a love story, rather than making him a possibly more disillusioned and cynic person who out of desperation used tactics more similar to what we would call terrorism these days (by pillaging and terrorizing the roman civilians as a way of both feeding his army, and pressuring the civilians to, by their fear and suffering, turn on their own leaders, or: more often, is due to a pure feeling of hopelessness at in the end defeating such a militarily strong opponent).