First of all, attention, Spoilers. However, you probably won\'t have too much spoilt because of the... not bloated plot this movie has.
I just came back from the movie - I was in the \"preview\". Cheryll liked the movie, I kinda feel... meh. Especially after your glowing reviews I expected too much, it seems. The plot was just badly done, in my opinion. I would have prefered it if there would have been no plot at all and just fight scenes. The fight scenes were good, but not great - the \"slo-mo to fast forward\" thing was overdone, as far as I\'m concerned. What really got me was that several plot elements just didn\'t go anywhere and some were just cut short. Sending the disfigured one away just struck me as stupid too - I am not just talking about it being obvious that he would betray them all, but also about the reason. He was sent away because he could not fight in phalanx formation, which is what makes the spartans so strong. The guys fought in phalanx formation for about 3 minutes and only about a dozen of the spartans actually connected with the enemy. Then they all broke formation and it degenerated into a large brawl.
Well, no need to point out everything I didn\'t like.... the movie is OK, but I would not pay to watch it again. Once is quite enough.