[SauronOfMordor]

But it will never get a whiff of the Oscars; it fails far too many of the PC litmus tests mandatory for Oscar consideration

Let me list a few:

1. Disdainfully referring to Athenians as "boy lovers" (and by implication heaping disdain on the swishy politician)
2. Having a swishy politician be a treasonous, lying, two-faced villain
3. Having the heros being manly, hetero, European males
4. Having the enemy being non-White, non-Europeans, who get their butts kicked even though they vastly outnumber the good guys
5. Having the head bad guy being a body-pierced butch queen
6. Having a "differently abled" character being as deformed on the inside as he was on the outside

I could go on...

[Joe 6-pack]

"I could go on..."

I also thought there was an interesting portrayal of sexuality in the movie...The scene between Leonidas and Queen Gorgo was portrayed in a soft, sensuous way that lionized the wholesome love between committed spouses.

The seduction of Ephialtes at Xerxes' encampment was all about sex and lust being used to lure and entrap one into the ways of evil.