Horrible! How dare they tell us that this story is based on the Iliad?

Rating: Null/10 (14 May 2004)

I left the theater feeling mentally abused. I want my money back. Any lovers of Greek mythology and the Iliad will sit in their chairs, desperately thinking how this is possible, and how to get out. I am deeply grieved, because people will actually take this "version" of the Iliad for real. Brad Pitt is the worst Achilles in my eyes. I did like Sean Bean as Odysseus, but Patroclus was horrible. And chronological order of this movie amazed me. Achilles stayed alive longer than he should have, and somehow half the royal family of Troy escaped. And these are not the worst two things to happen! I would recommend this: do not spend your money on this movie. Save some bucks. read the book instead, and let us hope that this is all just a bad dream.