Kingdom of Heaven was a surprisingly good movie. As a HUGE fan of 300, i hope its done right. If it is, this movie will be gold. if not, its gonna suck. since it hasn't even really been cast, its pretty hard to say its gonna be crap. Sin City rocked because of both the story and the talent. Hopefully, talented people will jump at the chance to work on a Frank Miller book now. Sure the GN was simplistic. but most "history" movies are. If you say that 300 is exagerated and unrealistic, you should be saying the same things about movies like "the Patriot", "Gladiator", and the Sharpe books/TV series. I really liked Gladiator and the Sharpe stuff, but "the Patriot" was pretty horrible. I think a wait and see approach is best here, before people start crucifying it as the next Stealth or whatever. Besides, Thermopolyae is such a great story, as evidenced by Pressfield's excellent book, that it should make a compelling movie going experience......
....If done right.