Descent Movie, Albeit Inaccurate to Source Material

Rating: 8/10 (8 October 2018)

I rather enjoyed watching the fight scenes, even though the effects signifying the swings of the swords/arrows/spears was an inaccurate representation than in real life. But it's source material is Homer's Iliad. If I had to choose a better version, I would say this is one of the few times where the movie has been better than the book.
For those who haven't read the book, the Gods are present during the fighting, Helen was kidnapped by Aphrodite and given to Paris as a bribe for some golden apple, Achilles has his girl stolen before the war with Troy starts, and that's why he comes only to spectate, and there is absolutely no mention of the Trojan Horse until the Odysseus.
As for the movie, Achilles helps in the beginning of the war with Troy, it tells you at the beginning that the war to unite Greece has been going on for 9 years, and it's more action than listing off who the people were, who their fathers were, and then how they died.
The only similarity between the two is the fact that I only remember Achilles, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Hector, Paris, and Helen because they were the only ones important to the plot.