Great Battle Scenes,Terrible Acting

Rating: Null/10 (24 May 2004)

Troy is a mixed bag.The battle scenes are truly spectacular and sometimes even rousing.However, Brad Pitt is woefully miscast.He looks more like a midwestern American boy next door than a Greek warrior.I also found the mix of accents in the film,grating from American(Pitt) to English(Peter O'toole among others ) to Scottish (Sean Bean).I would have preferred a uniform accent. Acting accolades go to Eric Bana as Hector(He has the rugged good looks for the part ) and Peter O'toole.Diane Kruger is beautiful enough for one to believe that her face could actually launch a thousand ships. The historical errors in the film were astounding.The Trojan siege lasted 10 years and not a few weeks as depicted in the film.Patroclus was Achilles's lover not cousin and in the end helen actually does return to Sparta back to her husband and doesn't escape with Paris. All in all,it was OK ,and most importantly not boring but I hope Oliver Stone's Alexander would be better and more historically accurate.