A excellent epic that has its flaws, but will earn its place on my DVD shelf

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2004)

**(Some Spoilers)**
Troy was a very well made movie. Wolfgang Petersen did a good job at giving each of the characters life and creating excellent epic movie
Here is a quick run down of a few of the actors:
Brad Pitt (Achilles) (C+) - His best performance i have seen from him, but when i looked at achilles i couldn't see achilles all i saw was Brad Pitt in long blonde hair. Decent but needs work.
Brian Cox (Agamennon) (A-) - Portrays Agamennon extremely well, not Oscar worthy but and excellent performance non the less
Sean Bean (Odysesus) (B+) - The perfect Odysesus in my mind really nothing wrong with his performance
Brenden Gleeson (Menalaus) (B) - Very good as Menalaus, portrays the disciplined and tough, King of Sparta very well
Eric Bana (Hector) (A) - An extremely accurate depiction of Hector very Oscar worthy
Peter O'Toole (Priam) (A+) - Wow is all i have to say. Such a perfect performance, definitely Oscar worthy
Orlando Bloom (Paris) (C) - He did better in LOTR as Legolas, but he did better as Paris then he did as Will Turner from Pariates of the Carrabien. Never been a great actor, but did a decent job
Diane Kruger (Helen) (B-) - Don't really see a lot of her but when you do she does a very good job. She did excellent for a newcomer.
Tyler Mane (Ajax) (B) - He did a very good job portraying, Ajax. The guy who can fall a tree with one swing and clober dozens of men into submission, very good performance. To bad he dies so early.
The rest of Troy, such as the fighting scenes and the CGI effects, are exciting and extremely fun to watch. When compared to LOTR effects, the CGI effects in Troy stay original and thankfully don't look like copycats from other movies.
Wolfgang Petersen knows how to direct action. These sword fight scenes are so awesome to watch from 100,000 soldiers hacking each other up. To Achilles and Hector dueling at the walls of Troy. The sword battles are breathtaking.
What the movie did wrong was change the story so much. I don't mind the changes that much, but in my opinion when making a movie based on one of the greatest works of literature of all time u don't want to change the story. I think that is what hurt this movie the most. For the most part the changes can be over looked.
My favorite scene was when Achilles and his Myrmidoms (sry if the spelling is wrong) storm the beach. When they jump off the ship and get wailed with arrows and people are falling into the water and dropping to the sand. Then the Myrmidoms make a shield wall and move up the beach, throwing spears and flinging arrows, until they are right in the Trojans faces. Then when the get like 5 feet from the Trojan blockade the break ranks and charge. Such and amazing scene!!
All in all Troy was great and i would definitely see it again and buy the DVD.
Unfortunately with the story changes, some mediocre lines, and being over shadowed by the LOTR trilogy and Galdiator Troy does not win over the media. Fortunatly the fight scenes, CGI effects, actors, and graphic violence keep people glued to their seat and can overshadow Troy's flaws.
I feel if Troy came out before LOTR and Gladiator people might have welcomed it more, but Troy is still an excellent film. 8.8/10