Exactly what I expected

Rating: 7/10 (6 November 2004)

'Troy' is exactly what I expected. A big screen historic epics, taking a lot of licenses relative to the classic story, re-creating the ancient times via the perspective of the modern American cinema viewer. Some of the characters behave just like Western heroes, some other quote classic text while behaving more like contemporary American politicians or Afghan war-lords. Directing is quite straight-forward, the story is told well, acting is good - especially Peter O'Toole which is a pleasure to see again in a historic role after all these years. It is not art, and if you do not expect anything serious like Greek tragedy and you take it for what it is - popular entertainment - you can enjoy the fights and effects. 7 out of 10 on my personal scale.