Good, but not Great

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2005)

Brad Pitt in a skirt: how nice. Besides the good looks of the cast, this movie was Wolfgang Petersen's failed attempt at a successful epic film. That doesn't mean it wasn't enjoyable; it has its perks. Pitt's performance as the pompous Achilles is decent and Orlando Bloom shows us once again that he can play someone from an earlier time period successfully. Eric Bana's Hector was something that made the whole movie worth while. The major flaw to this film was the excessive amount of its main characters dying. This showed the devastation of war but left no one to enjoy their victory. I only hope that if some sort of spin-off is made from this film Sean Bean will be delightfully portraying Odysseus once again and finally take on a major leading role.