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Although people like Jixby and his hangers-on will probably roll their eyes and groan if they read this; I thought it was good for what it was.

It's not going to go down in history for being the finest film ever made but I think it achieved what it set out to achieve; fantastic visuals (the scene with the boats in the storm looked incredible), stylish combat sequences and even a bit of historical content thrown in.
I agree that they didn't go into the back story as much as they perhaps should but I think a lot of people already did know who Leonardus was and even what he was going to do and how it was going to end. Be it from the graphic novel, school history lessons, or the film "The 300 Spartans".

I didn't like the delivery of some of the quotes ("with this shield or on it", "Come and get them" etc.) but overall I think the historical aspect of it was handled well, in that it wasn't given too higher a precedence but was referenced.

Overall I enjoyed it, but they certainly could've done more with the story.