There is a reason epics are scarce

Rating: 1/10 (16 May 2004)

Because only a good one is made every decade or so. This is the most tedious, preposterous piece of crap I have seen in a long time. It raises Titanic to new heights of greatness.
TROY has the feel of a made-for-TV mini-series. Had it been on TV I would have skipped it all together. Pitt is pitiful, he should stick to quirky tweaked out manic weirdos.
His mistress in the film said it best towards the miserable end "How long will this go on?" I kept looking at my watch and one hour into the film it already felt like it had been running nearly 2 hours.
None of the fine actors in this film can save it. Perhaps in a few years it will become a camp classic because of some of the tedious and stupid dialog. This film could have been cut to 2 hours and tightened up. Lots of irrelevant scenes of nothing.