Mythology without the gods and powerful characters is worthless.

Rating: 3/10 (2 May 2007)

Although everyone is obviously trying to do their best (I mean the additional crew of make-up artists, hair stylists musicians, stunts and doubles and the sort), and this is why I give 3 points at all, the main characters are uninteresting and the story is incomprehensible in itself.
I miss the gods very much, who flavor the original. As they are the key interactors leading to the events occurring, this movie without them feels like Grimm's Hänsl and Gretl would feel without the witch. okay, the kids are having a stroll in the woods, and all of a sudden they end up in the oven by themselves, pray tell me why.
The best parts of the epic are Odysseus, and the gods, especially Athene. Cut this to a minimum and you have an uninteresting love affair, some (although impressive) muscle show-off and (without the divine interaction totally) inconsistent events following one after another.
If you think any II WW movie would make sense simply skipping the Germans, and you have never encountered the original of Homer, you are going to love Troy (after all, it has Brad Pitt, right).