Loved it (possible SPOILERS)

Rating: Null/10 (14 May 2004)

For one who has read the Iliad in its original Ancient Greek form, there are of course many things to criticize about this movie. But I don't plan on writing down every historical mistake. A Hollywood movie just cannot stand up to a 2800 year old epic. And about the movie there is one thing to say: This is great great great - or in German: ganz großes Kino! So apart from errors in the content - people die in the wrong order or at the wrong point in time, for example, and I wonder where the writers took all their information about Briseis from who in the Iliad has a tiny minor role - this was an overall enjoyable movie experience. The fighting scenes are amazing, cruel, but amazing, the costumes are wonderful to look at and so are the actors. Marvellous performances are shown by Brad, Eric and Orlando the same - what bothered me was Diane Kruger. She is a beautiful beautiful woman and you totally can believe her to be the most beautiful woman alive resembling Aphrodite herself, but what was with the talking? Again I learned: Watching movies in a language different from the original language is not good. She sounded as though she were drunk. Still her character, just as all other characters, was incredibly neatly drawn. To me, Achilles is one of the most amazing characters literature ever created, and I loved Brad Pitt personifying him. Not only the muscles - ladies, the muscles! - but also the voice, the look in his eyes, the things he said and the values he brought across. It was what I enjoyed most of the movie: Watching these ancient archaic characters come to life. And there was a great job done - even though I never knew Achilles had been so much in love and even though I know for sure that Agamemnon was not killed in Troy but In Mycenae in his very own bath tub. Go watch this movie. If you are like me, it's gonna make you laugh and cry - and crying about things that are not to do with your own problems is the most relieving thing I know.