Excellent, but

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2004)

My expections was high, and they were partly fulfilled. I don't think Brad Pitt was the right choice. He plays well, but he doesn't looks like Achilleus to me. Rest of the cast is excellent, specielly Peter O' Toole.
Some people dies, that shouldn't have died, and some people lived, that should have died, according to the Iliad and other sources. So what? Like all movies based on history/myth, there is some flaws, but really doesn't matters, cause this is NOT a film about the Trojan War according to the litterature, it's film inspired by the litterature, keep that in mind, when you watch the movie, and I'll guarentee it will be worth it. If you watch it as a film based on the Iliad, then you'll be disappointed, cause there is some major flaws in it then.
I'll rate about 8/10