So what?

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2004)

Troy - sets; superb. Fights; plenty of them, action-packed, realistic. You can see where all that money went. But... I just couldn't care about any of the characters. There seemed no soul to this movie; you can't help comparing it to "Gladiator" which makes you laugh, cry, and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The actors were doing a great job, really, but by the end I just thought, so? Paris is a wet, spoilt weed who should have been killed early and good riddance. And where is the stirring, rolling music that should go with this theme? I can't remember any of it, and it certainly didn't underscore the action as it should. Big disappointment.