Just read the NYTimes review of
300. *snort* The reviewer sounds like he had a burr under his saddle about patriotic fervor. He kept making snide remarks about the way the film glorified the Spartans' desire to fight for their homes, and was very condescending in recounting one character's comment that "freedom isn't free".
Even the movie reviewers can't get past their liberal biases and just review the films.