Troy, or someplace like it...

Rating: 5/10 (16 May 2004)

The makers of this film had so much to work with. Great actors, beautiful props, wonderful locations, and technology that would make D. W. Griffith weep. So where did the story go?
The funny thing is that the story as Homer produced it is perfect for this age-- personal revenge over civic duty, petulant sense of entitlement gone horribly wrong, it's all there. So why didn't we see any of that on the screen?
Do yourself a favor and get the book. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
Do yourself a bigger favor, invest a few years and read the original. You'll be astonished and amazed at meeting the greatest poem ever written or recited.
Peter O'Toole, how I wish I'd gotten to see you do your scene with Brad as it should have been. That would have been one for the ages.