Nice interpretation of the poem by Homer.

Rating: 8/10 (18 March 2006)

I mostly was interested in watching this movie because I am supposed to be reading the Odyssey right now in English. Troy is all about two things: Achilles (Brady Pitt) and war. Which also means two other things are featured in this movie: gore and sex. Now first off, there isn't any sex going on in the movie. You get plenty of shots of Pitt's butt and of the girls he sleeps with wrapped in sheets, but there isn't anything that bad. However, the gore is definitely there. I'd say it isn't as intense as a movie like Saving Private Ryan, but there are plenty of dead bodies. What would you expect from a ten year long war?
The movie had some interesting artistic interpretations involved with it. Some things the screenwriters portrayed were completely different from anything that I had previously conceived in my mind, which still did not detract from the story. I would love to see these folks do a continuation of this story connecting with the Odyssey. The effects are great, especially in the rendering of the massive armies as they fight. I wasn't completely thrilled to have nothing but Pitt featured in the movie, but he is the hero who falls at the end of the movie, so I can understand why it is that way.
All in all, its a good movie, even at the almost four hour length. You might need a short break in the middle of the movie to survive it, but if you are watching it on TiVo, then you don't have to worry about pausing the movie. Since it runs along the lines of Gladiator, I don't see how the TV version could differ much from the DVD.