Pants

Rating: 3/10 (16 August 2005)

This script is an assassination of the Iliad, not an adaptation, and the only emotion remaining is horror that the story I held so dear as a child might have come to such an insipid and confused result. The other disappointing thing is that there are some genuinely good efforts wasted here - the special effects are really well done, and both Eric Bana and Sean Bean give good accounts of themselves in light of their material.Amongst the other performances, Peter O'Toole's presence as Priam only serves to remind us of what epics are capable when done well. Diane Kruger and Orlando Bloom are insipid, flat and downright annoying, and Brian Cox is one-dimensional, but their characters are written that way. They never had a chance. I almost forgot Brad Pitt as Achilles. His character is just that memorable.