I have really enjoyed reading your views. I haven't seen the movie, though I did see a trailer for it which appalled me enough that I was put off. The racism and homophobia, evident even in the trailer, just made me far too uncomfortable.

I wonder who decided to call Thermopylae the 'hot gates'. Apart from finding that hysterically funny (and vaguely pornographic-sounding, though that my just be me) I also think it's very... sad, in a way that drags everything down to the lowest common denominator, instead of daring to think the audience might have two brain cells to rub together.