Average

Rating: 6/10 (14 May 2004)

I saw Troy last night and i must say i was a little disappointed. The story which could have been told with much more enthusiasm was drawn out for 3 hours, now long movies don't bother me but when there are huge chunks of dialouge it gets a bit monotomous. The battle scenes were not all that great when you compare them to other films. Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana were a little i thought miscasted but they actuqally pulled it off quite well. Brad Pitt, i've never really been a huge fan of him i think he has too much ego but this ranks with his good performances along with Se7en, Seven Years in Tibet and Meet Joe Black. Now the film, maybe it wasn't as bad as i thought but i was disappointed with the amount of hype it got that just didn't really live up to what i thought it would be, i gotta stop listening to the hype i keep ruining things for myself! But however for the most part the film was entertaining althougha little boring in sections. The direction is superb, I belive it is Wolfgang Petersons best yet! The score is powerful and the Production Desgin that went into this film is absolutely amazing, the sets the CG etc looked stunning!
If your after a film to fill in your afternoon don't go see this see something a little more entertaining but if what your after is massive production, huge star cast, epic battles then go see it.
6/10