Enamored with Ego, and other macho mood swings

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2006)

This is a movie about men with egos, and excessive ones at that. I can't speak for its historical accuracy, since it only superficially covered the realities of what might have happened.
It's a Hollywood movie to keep the average bloke happy for their seven or eight bucks. You can spend two and a half hours watching this movie, and feel none the better.
Now the ego theme is fine, and most movies have it, but what we have here is it taken to the point where that's all the plot it. Men with egos who are not only no afraid to show it, but they kill in the hundreds of thousands to display it. They talk wildly about themselves, look to gods and animals for military strategy, beat women, oppress others randomly, kill and drag people, and carve wooden toys for their children. You know, average kind of stuff we all do.
The people all have opinions, for the gross effect of modernism  but in the Greek era? I would doubt it. "I want a man I can grow old with," or "let him come begging to me," and "you will die deaf and dumb." Maybe the worst infraction of all "All I ever stand up for is my country, my woman and" one other thing, but I can't remember it. Imagine that  a terrible line and I couldn't remember it! At least you got the first two of three  that's enough to turn you off.
Sound effects were odd  Achillies sounds like a jet liner when he trashed people with his sword. Otherwise, decent soundtrack and excellent special effects. These days, all movies can get a two or three rating with a lot of lighting and computer aided stuff.
To sum up here, it's a bunch of Hollywood "hotties" getting together for a long, high budget movie. Sadly, none of is worth your time, but this review saves you from the terror.
RATING: 3/10 (Oh my gosh  it's not a 0! Special effects count toward something, at least. Imagine, if this movie was made in the 50's it would be a -1 or something. At least, in the 50's, if it were Kirk Douglas, the movie would have been good, had a decent plot, had productive dialogue.)
"I want a man that I can grow old with"