Pretty much my sentiment as I posted. Unfortunately, viewing it on anything less than a great theater or IMAX screen and the movie loses so much of its luster.

Don't think anyone has done this yet, but who was your favorite char from the movie?

Leonidas is a clear contestant for coolest, but I'd have to say the insane spartan who says "We're in the shade" or somesuch was my fav.

I quite liked the 'captain' (who lost his son). He also played Achillies' captain in troy, he does an excellent job of it, and he looks badass.

Leonidas is probably my favourite though, he reminds me of a fit Me IRL. Plus he had cool facial hair and was an all round badass goodguy.

Fo' sho' he did a great job in both movies. His griefed face is priceless. "zomg Achilles is pissed" or "zomg my son died you better run biatch" Priceless.

Absolutley, my favourite thing in movies and lusternia is a pissed off dude wielding weapons with bloodlust in his eyes.....priceless.

Favourite character? Dilios, he makes a great narrator, and one of my favourite quotes comes from him.

Favourite quotes: arrows/shade do not count, it's historical and therefore didn't originate in the movie.

Third place:
Leonidas: Dilios, I trust that scratch hasn't made you useless.
Dilios: Hardly, my Lord. It's just an eye. The gods saw fit to grace me with a spare.

Second place (wikiquote didn't provide it, so my version my differ from reality a bit)
Persian Emissary: Argh, you cut off my arm!
Stelios: It isn't yours anymore.

First place: Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!
(I bet diamonds against coal that this will become an internet meme. If it hasn't already)

I don't know about the internet, but in my office, people say that all the time. And its often on our "ideas" board.

Personally, my favorite line is "You are as generous as you are divine"

And my favorite character are the eastern "mages" with thier granades, they looked funny, like little video game characters.

The wife also won my vote near the end of the movie

Yeah! I was thinking she was going to just end up being one of those typical historical wives that you only really feel vague contempt for. The entire theatre cheered when she redeemed herself

It did already, a couple days after the movie premiered.

Okay, gimme my coal then.

As for queen Gorgo, I didn't like her as much as other people seem to do. Sure, she stabbed the guy near the end - but that was only an act of desperation, after she discovered that he's still against her despite paying the "price". And her one-liner came after she decided to play along her rushed decision (that is, stabbing). Not to mention that if the traitor was less of an idiot and didn't keep his bribery money by himself WHEN TALKING AT THE SENATE (it was the senate, right? Anyway, old people in towels), she'd have been in serious trouble.

A really strong, determined woman should've stabbed him at the moment he mentioned his "price". Come on, the persian emissary offended the Spartan royalty less and he still died, the traitor should've seen this coming. Then either hide the body and make some stuff up, or (probably) discover his purse of persian coins and show it off as a mean of him being a traitor.

Also, Gorgo's speech at the quasi-senate was basically a glorified "please, can't someone think of the children?!" talk.

Best guy in the movie:

Xerxes.
3 metres tall.
Voice indicating that another part of him is also at least 3 metres long. So rediculously deep.

The man wore makeup, eyeliner, drawn in eyebrows and had golden fingernails. He might be tall, but he's a girly man imo.

You're just not in touch with your feminine side.

Little bit of mascara never did a heterosexual man any damage. And it certainly doesn't impugn the length of one's todger.

SCISSOR ME XERXES!

Lol, i don't have a feminine side, i'm Murphy!

I'm all man baby

Then why do you have nipples?

I was born without nipples. I'm black too you wanna tease me about that?

Sure. If you want.

Xerxes=Gao'uld....

Rofl i'm neither black nor nippleless.

And really nipples are developed by guys too, only women get the extra hormone to make em grow. So it's a man thing anyway -rubs nipple-

Could we talk less about manboobs and more about people with well developed abs and giant wangs?