Superior Rendition

Rating: 7/10 (31 December 2004)

Apparaently the "Nay" sayers for this film came out of the lot of people who felt Pitt was miscast and the film was fictionalized. Bullocks. It is a story about MYTHOLOGY, therefore artistic licence can be applied despite deviations from Homer's Epic(which was obviously artistically licenced as well). Pitt was under-spoken and true to form. The fact that Hector was dismissed in a large part did not seem to matter as the crucial scenes between himself and Achilles were included and exceptionally well performed. Also, the fact that Peterson was the director, should have left a clue to the potential viewer that they were not going to see a spoof of a film. Underrated..definitely. Spot On..well not exactly but entirely entertaining and despite the 2+ hours, it was very watchable. My 10 star rating is a 7+.