Why was Xerxes able to garner so massive an army of fighters & monsters? Why was he and whatever he represented, never contented? Why were they so ever hungry for 'Earth & Water'? And why was he able to have the Oracle + the Greek councilman + the deformed Ephialtes so easily bribed to betray the Spartans?
The movie also left me with much thoughts and fear.
That the young Spartan boys were taken away from the protection of their mothers as soon as they are deemed to be old enough to be trained to be warriors.
That anyone less 'able' than the acceptable standard is not acceptable. That there is no certainty in the outcome of the battle against the barbarian invaders except gore and death. That there is so much heartbreak and sacrifice involved when we (have to) fight for what we believe in.
Although this movie was based only on a legend of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC and may not be historically accurate, I think it may still be worth the 2 hour or so needed to finish watching it.
The scene which I think is most unforgettable is the very heart-wrenching one where Leonidas' Captain lost his son at the Battle and how the Captain so painfully mourned his loss and how he regretted never having told his son how much he had loved him.
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