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Rating: 3/10 (15 May 2004)

I expected a lot from this film because i had studied the history of Troy extensively. I was unfortunately disappointed when i went to see it. It's 3 hours of fighting with swords, watching brad pitt leap like a gazelle and twirl around so we see his hot bod. It was unusual to see the Ancient Greeks wearing bright blue tie-dyed tunics - they looked like dresses from the 60's. Eric Bana was quite good at playing Hector - but the baby they got to play his son had a really big head and didn't look related to him or his wife - nice one guys. Paris is portrayed as a weak character who we end up not really liking too much - and if you think Orlando is in the film a lot - he isn't its mainly Brad and Eric. I think this film had great potential, i just think they cast the people for the wrong reasons (basically cause they were hot) and they were given poor direction. You realize something is wrong when Achillies is prettier than Helen of Troy - who is meant to be the most beautiful woman in the world....eep! So if you want to see Brad naked for quite a bit of the film, a few nice looking girls and a whole lot of fighting that takes up 3/4 of a 3 hour film, go for it. The Set is beautiful - thats the best thing i can say about it. The music is a poor rip off of the gladiator soundtrack. It's a bit of hot guy fun and lots of naked Brad. Don't go in there with high expectations.