Ouch! What was Petersen thinking??

Rating: 2/10 (17 June 2004)

Oh my, I don't know where to begin. This movie disappointed me in so many ways. First, it looked like a 60s B-Movie from italy (these were more fun tho). Where was Troy's glory? It was one of the richest cities back then. But all that Petersen showed were the gate and some walls basically. Boring and unimaginative. Then the script, this one really hurt. It was slow, missed all the important stuff (eh, wasn't the war meant to last 10 years and not 2 days (+12 days pausing)?? Where was all the pain and frustration the greeks suffered? It all looked like a walk in the park, especially after they thought of the horse (and why, please why did they build it after just 1 (!) day of fighting? I won't go into too much detail, but Petersen changed the Illiad way too much (but maybe that's good, so we don't need to fear a Troy 2). Save your bucks at all costs. 2/10