A sanitised, political correct, neutering of the the original Homer

Rating: 3/10 (4 November 2004)

What a waste of an opportunity. Great cast, superb effects, brilliant staging, intelligent music. All of it completely spoilt by a script that ignores the beginning of the story, misses any character development, ignores the Gods and turns Achilles into a republican. Why bother making a film based on the Odyssey if you ignore the context it was written in, ignore the characters and the forces that drive them.
Where was Paris' meeting with the three Goddesses when he won Paris, where did Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter? Did Homer just write a battle story or was it about people, their passions, what drove them? The script of this film does no homage to Homer, nor does it make a convincing plot on its own.
The whole film was a wasted opportunity of the highest order unless all you require is famous names, special effects and oiled muscly men fighting. The producers should be ashamed.