One dimensional

Rating: 3/10 (12 May 2004)

The characters are all too sincere, too noble (with a single exception)and therefore neither believable nor particularly evoking of our sympathies. They remain one dimensional and leaving us with little to root for or care. Brad Pitt, I believe, was badly miscast. He seemed to mumble throughout the movie as if "take one" would be good enough to fulfill his contractual agreement.
It's not a completely horrible movie. The sets are spectacular; but then we've already had our breath taken away by the Ring Trilogy, so this will work well for young teenage boys who eat this stuff up like some new video game.
The voice that is missing, in my opinion, is that of Homer. Without him, the story loses its poetry.