300 Guys Go for a Stroll

I've just seen about 15 minutes of 300, the movie, based on Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name, that purports to tell the story of the Spartans at Thermopylae.  I have a number of impressions, presented here in no particular order:

• Wait, those aren't the right kind of shields!
• Haven't these guys ever heard of body armor?  Who do they think they are, Tuchux?
• So...apparently Xerxes is a goa'uld.  As a matter of fact, I think he's Apophis.
  
• Hey, it's the chick from the new Terminator series.  I don't remember her character getting to do much in the book, though.
• If you're gonna make a big deal about the guy not being able to hold his shield right for the phalanx, maybe you should, you know, fight in formation occasionally.
• War rhino?  Who the fuck thinks that's a good idea?
• Seriously, the whole Waltz of the Perverts thing was dated when Conan did it, and that was thirty years ago.
• In the book, Ephialtes was pitiable.  In the film, he's laughable.

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