A Truly Wonderful Film!

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2004)

This movie is amazing. The film moves with such a wonderful pacing and the action is awesome. That battle in front of Troy is such a wonderful spectacle. I just loved it. I think a lot of people are hard on this movie, and it's unjustified. It's an action/adventure epic that promises a war story with big battles, and that's exactly what it delivers. Some people say that the acting is bad, but it's not. And even if it is, why should that matter? Acting isn't exactly supposed to the be the strong point of this movie. It's the spectacle that is the attraction, and the spectacle in this movie is amazing. Why is that so hard for people to accept? Acting and story isn't everything. Anyway, the story was great IMO. There's a scene where Hector kills somebody, and the twist in that scene really surprised me, and the following scenes are amazing (Achilles learning of it, and then the fight between Achilles and Hector... wonderful!) I loved the Trojan Horse as well. Very well done. And the invasion of Troy was awesome. I loved everything. This sword and sandal epic is very entertaining. Don't expect great acting, and you won't be disappointed. And don't expect "The Iliad" from it either. If it was supposed to be "The Iliad", they would have called it "The Iliad". But they didn't, they called it "Troy", because it isn't "The Iliad". It's pretty simple! There's also an amazing scene in this movie, which has very good acting from Peter O'Toole, and also Brad Pitt. It's a very memorable scene, and quite powerful. I've never seen such a great performance of "grieving father" before.
Overall, the movie exceeded my expectations. I went just expecting to see a bunch of great action scenes with good CGI. What I got was a bunch of great action scene with great CGI, and also a couple good scenes of emotion, and some good tension as well. Not to mention a great epic feel, and some good twists in the story. I liked it very much, and it deserves much more than what it's getting from the ungrateful audiences that films have today. This movie is great.
10/10