classical Greek version of baywatch

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2004)

Watched Petersen's Troy more than once during flights to singapore and back... Why I did, i'm still asking myself. I guess the not so bad fight sequences were less boring than Potter's abracadabra..., maybe I was trying to look for some good acting or some epic scenery. The acting credits and caring for belongs to Eric Bana's Hector, in fact, he's the only guy in this movie who seems to be not a complete a*****e. He's taking care for his people and beloved ones, giving the greatest sacrifice. Hope to see more from this one... Pitt comes second, with a distance, having a hard part walking on a thin line between mass murderer and hero looking for the meaning of his existence. Still, in this adaption, achilles appears to be a disturbed kid superstar with talent for killing people, fallen into the wrong hands of a greedy manager. Was this the guy Homer wrote about ? Bloom does nice work as the horny boy Paris, pathetic little brother of Hector, causing all the trouble we get to see and lots of people get massacred for. Semi-solid acting from others. Some disappointment was good old Peter O'Toole playing the somewhat Creutzfeld-Jacob-infested king of troy... he has seen betters days and done some real epic movies long time ago. All-over impression is some sort of classical Greek version of baywatch with lots of muscles, testosterone, bloodshed and some mentionable female attributes too, besides some small pieces of (hi)story.