I saw this film. At first I didn't like it. It was because I thought it was based on the history of Thermopylae. Then I was told it was based on a comic book. So then I thought, ok, it was a decent movie.

The 12 foot tall Xerxes was a bit of a stretch, and for the life of me I can't figure out why on earth they would cast people who were obviously African or of African descent to play Persians. That was disconcerting. I can see how the Iranians might be upset over the African thing and the truly freaky way Xerxes was portrayed but hey, they've got to consider it was based on a comic strip too.

And, the Persian Empires of Darius and Xerxes and so forth were not the most noble in the world so they need to take a chill pill.

Later