Critics were divided by this visually striking, ultra-bloody tale of the Battle of Thermopylae,
directed by Zack Snyder, who'd also fashioned a great re-working of "Dawn of the Dead." No one,
though, would argue its merits as a comic book come to life in colorful, vivid,
hyper-realistic glory. Snyder doesn't so much translate Frank Miller's graphic novel as
transpose it onto the big screen in capital letters. Whether you loved it or hated it, you
probably had never seen anything quite like it.