(which was about taking a stand against crusaders btw) or believe that it accurately depicts history. It's plain as day that the Spartans were pretty awful. There's not a person who hasn't picked that up. If America was filled with morons this movie would be a problem.

And before somebody mentions the moronic Christian right: They aren't going to this movie.

I'm not sure I'd take much ethnic pride in the exploits of a corrupt slave driving warmonger either.