A Wonderful Epic

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2004)

I believe that this wonderful epic is one of the best films I have seen in along time, although my opinion is biased because I am a great fan of these sorts of films. Obviously Troy fails to surpass the great Gladiator, but I believe it is up there with Braveheart. The reason why I thought this film was so good,not only does it have a great story line to begin with. It also has a great cast to go with it, I thought inparticular Hector's father was superb. Another thing that I thought was outstanding about this film is the actual city of Troy as it is so detailed and really quiet amazing. I was glad to see that there was not much computer graphics, and the majority of the outrageously large budget of 125 million was spent on set, actor, etc. Because these days the majority of films in my view have to many computer graphics, a prime example of this is van helsing, which in my opinion was possibly one of the worst films I have ever seen.
Overall I thought that Troy was the best films of 2004, so far. Hopefully there will be more great epics coming my way. Thank you, and goodnight.