Uninteresting Story

Rating: 4/10 (19 January 2005)

As many of you know the story of Troy is far more complex.It is one of the landmarks of the Culture that shaped the Roman Empire and later the whole western world, because that is what the Greek Culture has done. And it definitely is a lot more than Brad Pitt moving around the scenery.Don't get me wrong, folks, the guy is handsome but it takes much more than that to make a really good movie, especially this kind of movie.In my opinion a movie about old legends and myths or about history should reflect them as accurate as possible and this movie doesn't do this at all.From it's very building the city of Troy had a special relationship with the Gods,according to the legend.Where are them, the Gods of Ancient Greece?Where are their plots and quarrels that influenced the course of the war?Where is Heccuba (Priam's wife)?Why doesn't Achilles die before Troy falls?Oh, i see, it would have taken Brad out of the movie...Come on, people, the film should have been named Brad instead of Troy cause it is all about him. And trust me no one would have seen the difference.
As i really enjoyed the Greek myths and legends, being obsessed with them and reading them over and over again during my childhood, this film annoyed me a lot.In my opinion the screenwriter and the director did not have the right to change the legend that much.It is already another story...just the names are the same. The only thing i liked about the movie was the conflict between Achilles and Hector although i saw it according to what i read a long time ago...A conflict full of drama and heroism (Achilles knew that after he kills Hector his own death will follow and Hector saw in Achilles his most powerful opponent but had to stand up to defend his country).If the movie would have ended after Hector's death it would have been much better.All the rest is trash...