Good movie, but something's wrong here...

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2004)

A decent film. Worth seeing it in theatres, and certainly not as terrible as critics proclaim, but I have a few problems:
Okay, first of all I would like to say that in Homer's "The Illiad," It was HECTOR not Paris that ran away from his fight like a little girly girl. Secondly, I don't know if any of you experienced this, but I kept imagining Hector ripping off his armor, turning green and muscular and chanting: "HECTOR BASH! HECTOR SMASH!" Perhaps Eric Bana has been type-casted in my mind. I'll never be able to see him as anything but the Hulk.
I'm glad to see that hoser Orlando Bloom get scrapped. God I hate that guy! He's such a cheesy actor, and certainly not the right one for Paris. I can see Joaquin Phoenix as Paris. He did a good job showing the emotional weakness of his character in Gladiator.
As for Brad Pitt as Achilles? Not as bad as I thought, but I think he and Sean Bean should have switched roles. Hey, even Russel Crowe would make a better Achilles.