Big disappointment

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2004)

To make it short: I expected to see an epic action-filled masterpiece. But the first half of that movie was boring: neither screenplay, directing, music, camera nor actors were satisfactory. You only get the full bundle of monotonous dialogues and not much action in the first 60 minutes! One word to the music: in my opinion it is absolutely misplaced: when it should set the i-dot to some scene it only destroys it because it kills the camera dramatics.
After 60 or 70 minutes the movie gets better, the actors (I liked Eric Bana most) also (but it's hard to love Brad Pitt in that movie).
And there is also good music (stolen from Gladiator: woman's "crying" voice) and a "stolen" big battle scene that can't beat the perfect ones of LOTR II / III. Unfortunately the scriptwriter also changed the lyrical order in a very liberal way.
The movie tries to show you how a city/ a room (even a king's audience room) looked like at that time. So it tries to transport you into another time. That's the good news. Bad thing is that this doesn't let the movie look like a multi-million dollar epic...
So they get you into the cinema with that bombastic trailer, but then...
I can only hope that the director of "day after tomorrow" which will start these days has done a better job.
Conclusion: If you want to see a good epic tale you should watch "Ben Hur" or "Gladiator" or LOTR, but don't expect too much from this "Troy".