 Robert McHenry , former editor @-@ in @-@ chief of Encyclopædia Britannica and author of How to Know said the film " is an almost ineffably silly movie . Stills from the film could easily be used to promote Buns of Steel , or <unk> , or <unk> . It 's about the romanticizing of the Spartan ' ideal ' , a process that began even in ancient times , was promoted by the Romans , and has survived over time while less and less resembling the actual historical Sparta . " 
