A poor version of a great story

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2004)

Like a gourmet dinner after the chef forgot to add the Salt, this should have been a great movie that just doesn't work. The casting is wrong, the changes to the story are wrong, and the movie is just slow for a three hour action flick.
Someone decided to write out the Greek Gods from the story and make it, "Real." This destroys much of the motivation of the characters and the reasons why things happen. BIG mistake.
Brad Pitt is not a "Great, Strong Warrior" he's a pretty boy. The choreographed fights don't work because Achilles is supposed to be strong and skillful not possess a unique fighting style.
History tells us that Agamemnon and Menelaus survive the battle of Troy and bring Helen home. History also tells us that Paris, Andromache
(Hector's wife) and Hector's son are killed. Why did they need to change these facts?
It was painful to watch someone rewrite a classic 3000 year old story and lose the lessons it contained. I was bored much of this movie and can not recommend it.