I waited in line for an hour just to make sure I got a great seat to this. The kid in me had been counting the days until this moment - the moment when I went to see what is arguably the most anticipated movie for geeks since Spiderman 2. This is the movie everyone has been raving to see all year. Even though the critics have been largely critical about it, I loved it.

The movie, as expected, is visually breathtaking and stunning. Too much so sometimes as I found myself admiring the CGI and effects and forgot to pay attention to the dialog and events happening on screen. Definitely a case where the post-production wizardry stole the show from everyone! Another minor flaw in this film is that certain key events and scenes were stretched too much, at times they became boring and I was left thinking, “Oh for fucks sake forget the speech and get on with the KILLING!!!”

Although this movie doesnt come close to the story and raw emotions of Gladiator, it can hold its own and claim its place right alongside it in pure entertainment value. It’d say this movie is like Gladiator on Steroids. If you go to this movie with an open mind and the brain of a 15-year-old juvenile kid, as I did, you will have a blast. The moment you start picking at its plot and dialog you will start to get annoyed and will lose interest in what is an amazing and visually stunning, albielt weak on script, film. But who cares about the script when you got timeless dialog such as this (come on now, say it with me:)

This is madness!
Madness…. THIS. IS. SPARTAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Rumor is that they are already making a sequel. It will make sense why after you watch the movie. Although Im sure it wont compare with this one, but if I can steal another quote directly from the movie, I will say this movie “is one hell of a start!”