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Any Greek would rate this movie among the best comedies ever created. World wide. I am sure that if the translation could describe exactly the meanings of each phrase and every word of the dialogs, this would be true for anybody from any country. The main feature of this comedy is its' simplicity. Extreme simplicity to be exact. No special effects, not a lot of money spent, not many actors...just good taste and excellent acting. Zikos is able to transform everyday indifferent situations into laughter without making saucy remarks, or becoming ridiculous. I have only seen this kind of humour in some old Greek and Italian movies, and as far as I am concerned, it remains still ahead of most contemporary comedies.

It's not because I am Greek, but I rate the movie well beyond 10... It's a classical masterpiece.

It depicts the passion and the bravery a free man can achieve, only by being free and fighting for his rights.

In a world where people kill for money, in a world where the ideas of brotherhood, righteousness, ethic, honesty and religion tend to be overwhelmed by a constant perversion of every aspect of life, the Spartans show us the way. The only way. The way of Virtue, just like the one Hercules chose to walk.

In Greece we have a word for it... "dobrosini". Can't be translated exactly in English but "directness" is the meaning... Being honest, and straight. Abiding by the laws of virtue and being immovable when defending them. Being Leonidas and not Ephialtes...

Surely a great movie. Surely a movie that made me founder in a deep consideration... So as to change many things that make me too behave like Ephialtes.

I must say that I have read the book, before I saw the picture which I don't recommend because I was absolutely disappointed. Historically the whole story is the biggest lie ever presented and I just can't understand why some people chose to offend the name of Christ, The Son of God, and with It the foundations of all Christianity. I mean why? What wrong did Christ do to them? I really disaprove the idea of one religion assaulting the other and I find that this is the surest way of creating disorder. This is the only benefit of this movie...disorder and blasphemy. On the other hand the movie as a movie was surely not what I would expect. The whole plot seems to drag itself, the actors are not leading the film but are lead by it and from a point on the only thing you wish is for the movie to end! Before I saw this monstrosity I believed Tom Hanks to be the greatest actor of our times, especially after Forest Gump, but in this film his appearance tumbles to a mere presence. It will certainly take him a long time to restore his fame. Why Tom? Why producers? Why?