Worst movie ever

Rating: 1/10 (19 August 2005)

This movie was as bad as the critics said. The story was fine, but the direction and photography resembled that of what a first year film student (and not a very talented one) might have done. So many fine actors, but a prime example of a good story told very badly. I'm not an Oliver Stone fan to begin with, but this was by far his worst effort to date. The only good note about this movie was Colin Farrell's presence, who showed audiences that he is indeed a fine actor who can easily lead a film, even a really bad one. It's almost as if Stone made this movie for himself, completely ignoring the fact that he took a piece of history that perhaps not many people were familiar with, and interpreted it only to his liking. Guess that's fine if your film isn't intended for the mass, movie-going audience. Wake up, Oliver ... you've simply remade a previous atrocious film (Any Given Sunday) substituting Greek soldiers for NFL players.