An epic

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2005)

I made the mistake of reading the oversea's reviews before going to see this movies, When Troy was released and the fictional version of events was portrayed I was one of the people wistfully hoping for a factual version Alexander delivered just that - Often outside of the comfort zone factual but nevertheless an amazing movie the performances from the cast, Angelina Jolie in particular was outstanding perfectly believable despite the earlier scoffing over the believability of playing A's mother ,Jared Leto and Colin Farrell created in my mind what I thought an intense love story or as touted in the reviews "companionship" although there were several moments in the theater the audience dissolved into giggles ( the wedding night scene with the naked animal faces being the main culprit) it was a thoroughly enjoyable movie Not the slash and burn action sequence epic of troy but the emotion tugging drama which stays with you far longer than the vivid scene of Brad Pitt In his toned buffness my rating 6.7 /10