I agree with 5Animals about the scenes with the wife and the political backstory. Didn't mind the mutant minions as much -- after all, it's a movie and not really supposed to be a historical documentary, so why not use the imagination a little.
Also agree that Spartan abs are impressive.
It was interesting to see the country of Iran up in arms about this movie. Maybe if I was Iranian, I would be upset too and feel slighted -- but it's just a movie, meant for entertainment, so I don't know why they get taken so seriously... when I watch the OUTIC movies, I'm not offended by the portrayal of the greedy imperialistic American pigs that are there to corrupt the East. Who knows, maybe I *should* be more "patriotic" but again, it's just a movie.
As far as numbers go, 300 has been a smashing success. In just 2 weeks, it has surpassed the 16week domestic gross of Troy, and now needs to make another 50 million or so to overtake Gladiator, which I would be surprised if it doesn't eventually do. Worldwide, it hasn't made the impact as the others have, but at least in the U.S., it has triumphed thusfar. Here is an interesting chart on BoxOfficeMojo called Ancient Battle Showdown, where they compare the numbers between these 3 films -- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdow...ientbattle.htm