Ridiculously Bad

Rating: 1/10 (8 March 2005)

I do not write many reviews, but this movie was so ridiculously bad I felt the need to vent a little. First, the movie was about ancient Greece and made by Hollywood. Why then is everyone speaking with a British accent and calling people "my lord" or "milord"? I guess the producer or director thought it would add a sense of grandness or something. I thought it was annoying and laughable at the same time. Second, the movie was excessively long. There were many 10-minute blocks of the movie that could have been cut out completely with no ill effect on the plot. It qualifies as an epic if the term epic only has a length requirement. Third, the dialogue was so cliché it made me laugh aloud on several occasions. For heaven's sake, it was like watching a show about the all-time greatest lines from TV mini-series. This movie was just a flat out dud and bore. Some fight scenes were interesting to watch, but there was no chemistry between any of the couples and the acting was very stiff. At a minimum, it is not worth the time investment.