A Good Epic/War Flick

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2008)

4 years after directing 'The Perfect Storm', German director Wolfgang Petersen is back with this epic/war flick that is 'an adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.', quoting IMDb. For start, I really enjoyed this movie, and I also liked the way Petersen achieved to direct the war and battles scenes, specially the fight between Brad Pitt and Eric Bana. Having a 'luxury' cast, I it is obvious that many good performances, were one of the positives in this movie, following the visual and sound effects, plus the costume designs (worth the nomination for the Academy Award by the way). But, what I really didn't enjoy that much, was the screenplay. OK, maybe I'm wrong, but me knowing the Homer version, I found the screenplay very different from the poet's version, and that disappointed me a little. Still, it is a good epic/war movie and is worth the viewing, specially for the lovers in this genre. 8/10.