A little childish, but with good intentions.

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2004)

Really big, no doubts about that!
And I will not talk about his story. I love movies, that is: tell me whatever you want (no matter if it is the Ilias or not), just make it well.
I want the movie make me feel emotion even before my brain can understand it. When you see Gladiator, since the beginning, it is clear that Maximus is slowly going to death. So, when he is really dying you already knew it should happen, but you can't help falling in tears. It is passion, it is something that goes beyond rational thinking and brings you into the story.
Troy is a big movie that pays great attention to his historical roots (for an example: Troy stands up on a three-hundred feet tall hill just like the "real" Troy found by Schliemann), but lacks in respect of his audience, telling the story without passion or style.
No style in his editing, that is a little childish. No style in his music (How did James Horner do that? Isn't he the same man from Titanic, A Beautiful Mind or Rocketeer?) and no style in his dialogue (Agamemnon talks just like a fooled version of Darth Vader: no character, just evilness).
If this movie was told with more emotion and style, you could appreciate his take on characters like Achilles, Hector or Ulisses: they aren't holy-white heroes, as everyone has his doubts and makes his errors. By that point of view you would love Achilles' wrath and violence combined with love and grace (he's got grace even when he kills someone!), or Ulisses' little mind tricks, so poor in ethics but full of knowledge.
I hope you will see this movie anyway: you'll enjoy Achilles and Hector as lead characters and the great visuals of the landscapes and the battles. I can sure you.