Too much Achilles, took away from the actual story!

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 2004)

It wasn't bad, but there was too much Achilles (Brad Pitt) good if your hot for him, bad if you went for the story! I went for the story of Troy: being into mythology and Greek history. Too much of Achilles standing around looking angry and or arrogant. It took away from the actual story. Having read the the Illiad I was a little baffled that the the movie displayed the War as if it only took place over only 2-3 weeks. The Trojan War took place over a span of 10 years. ~Something I did like was when Paris handed the Sword to Aeneas at the end of the movie.(You know, the sword that as long as a Trojan has it their people shall go on.) After the fall of Troy, Aeneas led a band of Trojan refugees to Italy and became the founder of Roman culture.(You can read about their journey in the Aeneid) That part in the movie was a nice little touch. All in all, the movie was decent,but it should have been called "The Story of Achilles" instead of "Troy".