Great story, visually stunning but cheesy dialogue

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2004)

I enjoyed Troy. I thought the story was elegantly translated to the big screen. The landscapes and battle scenes were visually stunning, and the CGI was done well enough that you really didn't notice it. The acting was good, especially Peter O'Toole and Brian Cox. I have not been overly impressed with Eric Bana's previous work, but I felt like he did a really good job as Hector. Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom were adequate. The main downside to this movie was that the dialogue was so ridiculously cheesy that it made it very hard to take the movie seriously (even my wife kept giving me the "gag me" sign), but this isn't enough of an excuse not to go see it. I would definitely recommend this movie, especially if you like big sweeping epic films with lots of action just try and take the dialogue as comic relief.