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I've been always a fan of James Cameron and his movies. And I will never forgive myself for taking so much time to watch this one. I wish I could had seen it before his newest masterpiece, Avatar, which I'm looking forward to write about too.

I'm still overwhelmed by the whole thing. Cameron presents us some of the people he worked with in this movie and they're all illuminated and wise human beings. It's a pleasure too see these people working together to give us a fantastic adventure. The way Cameron works, how he talks to his crew, how he describes some life forms (''look at this creature, it's beautiful, looks like a dancer'' or ''I could watch this guy all the time, it seems it is glowing from within''), how he films the diving sequences, it's all amazing.

Cameron is a visionary, a surprisingly talented filmmaker, who is also bold and courageous like no other director. This film is inspirational. Watch it for beautiful underwater sequences, the energy of Jim Cameron and the talent and knowledge of all these people that worked with him.

Zack Snyder's second picture advances little or doesn't advance at all on the plot, has a poetic, but joyless and objective-less narrative. The movie, based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, emphasizes most of the time on the battle between spartans and persians and also on some spartans war habits. Therefore, the characters are not very well developed and the script is a little repetitive. There is even a sub-plot about despised women power on the senate, but without much context also. The only good quality of the film is its beauty, thanks to the great visual effects, nice photography and good performances (some of them, anyway). Too bad post-production modified Rodrigo Santoro's original voice, making his tone somewhat harder. I guess, in the end, it was necessary for the film.