Good Movie But not a Great Movie..

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2004)

Spectacular battle scenes (not as good as the ones in LOTR series)! But the storytelling side and the acting side are just average to above average. Something is not quite right when they move Homer's Iliad to the big screen.
First of all, I don't think Brad Pitt did a good acting job as Achilles... He just does not look like the BEST warrior from the Greek side (rather, he looks like a arrogant punk). Can someone tell me why I am seeing Prince Paris becoming Legolas toward the end of the movie? Why is Hector portrayed as a not-so-confident warrior? I thought Hector was the BEST fighter on the Troy side? And, I thought the siege took 10 years in Homer's Iliad. In the movie, I this siege took less than two weeks!!! Overall, it is a good movie but it does not even come close to the level of LOTR. I think I am being generous by giving this movie an '8'!!!