Character review of 'Troy'-contains major spoilers

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2004)

Troy was always going to be massive, it was always predicted to storm the box offices and i believe it took over one hundred billion in it's opening weekend. But then how could it not with a host of famous actors starring in it? Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom all pull at the heart strings, and i suspect there was a great many females out to see Brad Pitt and his co-stars in skirts.
So did it deserve that profit?
The talent is undoubtedly brilliant. Brad Pitt stars as the great warrior Achilles and he makes a stunning performance of it, portraying the different emotions of the cool yet possibly disturbed warrior. He, of course, looks ideal for the part and his fighting scenes are the most impressive of the lot.
Eric Bana gives an equally impressive performance as Hector-Prince of Troy. He portrays Hector perfectly not only as a might warrior but as a loving husband and father, and so the scenes between him and his wife, Andromache, are the most emotional.
Also starring is everyone's favorite elf Orlando Bloom-or famously known 'Legolas'. Orlando plays the young Prince Paris, who ignites the war by whisking away Helen of Sparta. Orlando gives a more average performance as the boyish Paris, but the character is the reason Orlando does not perform as well as expected. His role as Paris is done as well as it could be, because whilst all Bloom-fans want him to be a great warrior, he is in fact meant to be a young and not very wise youth. The only real problem in his acting is where at the end he kills, he is basically transformed back to being Legolas with that bow, even though he's not meant to be trained at fighting.
Other roles worthy of mention are Brian Cox doing a great job as the greedy and merciless Agamemnon,Peter O'Toole as King Priam-exceptionally good-and Garrett Hedlund as the young beloved cousin, Patroclus, of Achilles.
In female roles, Saffron Burrows is easily the best portraying proud and suffering Andromache, wife of Hector. Her emotional scenes are the saddest especially as she clutches her baby son whilst she says a tearful goodbye to her husband, who is off to fight Achilles- a doomed battle.
Diane Kruger and Rose Byrne come together next and both are equally brilliant. Diane-pronounced 'Dionne'-portrays Queen Helen of Sparta, the wife of King Menelaus who runs away with Paris to Troy. Diane looks-of course- stunning, but her best lines are probably the first she ever says: 'before you came to Sparta i was a ghost. I walked and eat and swam in the sea. But i was just a ghost' these lines are absolutely beautiful. Rose Byrne shines as the fierce Briseis, who is captured by Achillies men after they sink the temple of Apollo. Briseis turns out to be Achilles love interest and her love shapes him in a way he has not felt before. Her last scene is another emotional one that sheds a tear and is probably the most significant- the scene where Achilles dies.
All in all Troy is an fantastic film full of great effects and great acting.
It's now one of my favorite films and i must admit-Brad Pitt tugged at my heart strings.