They did it better on XENA & HERCULES

Rating: 1/10 (14 May 2004)

They did it better on XENA & HERCULES
Wolfgang Petersen should return to directing submarine movies. Troy is absolutely awful. His direction is undirected, the actors in Troy say the lines but without believable passion. The dialogue is lame and reminiscent of those sword and sorcery B movies of the fifties, but not as good. The film is plodding, dialogue is boring and the battle scenes were done better on Xena & Hercules not to mention those shows had witty writing spirited directing and good acting from then unknown actors. The casting is also uninspired. Diane Kruger who plays Helen is pretty in a blonde sort of valley white girl way and she didn't have much to do in this film, the Greek kings all look like old bikers, and even Brad Pitt who I do like, looked ridicules. Troy just really stinks, a typical Hollywood piece of junk. Big budgets don't necessarily mean good movies, maybe great pay checks for the so called creative people involved, but that is all. !!!