Petersen is risking joining his sub in the deep blue sea...

Rating: 2/10 (15 May 2004)

The only things that really save this film from being a disaster is mostly what you see. Beautiful scenery, thrilling camera work and beautiful costume. Everything else is tragically bad. Orlando Bloom does not impress at all and when it comes to Brad Pitt, he is as wrong in the film as Gollum would be in Finding Nemo. It is obvious that Pitt is (almost) the only one who frequently is posing naked (well...). His well shaved face and waxed body is so pathetic that it makes me laugh. He delivers his lines in a low register without any enthusiasm at all. And so is Bloom. The only one who impress is Sean Beam who acts his part as Odysseus, brilliantly.
James Horner's score is beautiful. If it would be in a different film, that is. I have to admit that I am sick and tired of bombastic background music that has no connection at all with the film. The music takes you far away from the time the films is telling and that is disturbing in every way. But the biggest problem is the script that really doesn't give the actors a chance to do a good job. Silly lines without any substance at all.
Why does big hay-balls have to sound like Star Wars Tie-fighters as they come rolling down? My god...why do they always have to overdo the sound editing!! Even something as simple as buttoning a shirt would nowadays get its own sound.
So this is "Troy": One of this year's big disappointments...