impressive but not accurate

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 2004)

I saw the film this week and I had a great time with it. I enjoyed the war / fight scenes the most. The fight between Hector and Achilles had one great choreography. I am Greek and have studied the Iliad for two years both in translation and in ancient Greek, so the story inaccuracies I have seen do not count. The scenario does not intend to be the Iliad anyhow. But there are many core facts missing that made Iliad so great that it appears a bit poor. Many Greeks are not happy with the fact that "Troy" gives a bad illustration of Ancient Greeks. They appear to be a "mideaval", semi-barbaric clan and Trojan appear to be very heroic. Greeks were la creme de la creme at the time and were very much advanced. The geographic inaccuracies were very frustrating. There is no port at Sparta and no sea at Larissa. In general, it is a good film, very entertaining and very impressive. They can always shoot some more films based on ancient Greeks! How about the battle of the Spartans against the Persians, at Thermopiles, where 300 Spartans fought and died to the last against almost 1.000.000 Persians. That would be a great film...