Troy is both good and bad but you HAVE to give it a chance

Rating: 8/10 (12 January 2005)

This is a damn good movie but there are a few things that make a person both love and hate this movie.
The Good 1. Full of ancient Greek goodness. Being a person who loves Greece and Roman history as much as I do you will not be disappointed with the way everything is depicted on screen. Make sure that you don't come into this film expecting anything though because you could get it wrong. I have a vivid view of how I think things should happen and some were met yet others were not. You win some you lose some. Oh well.
2. Brad Pitt does an amazing job as Achilles. I don't really like him that much because of all the fuss about his looks, but he was perfect in this movie. He has perfect amount of tenderness and crudeness(can't think of a better word) blended together to create the best view needed to fall in love with Achilles.
3. The battles scenes are perfect. They pull away at perfect times to give you the feeling of the massive army on both sides. Although I think that the Trojians were displayed the best in this movie it does not make me like Greeks any less.
The Bad 1. I hate Paris. Orlando Bloom does do a good job of playing this character, but I don't like him at the end of the movie. I like to call him a little bitch, but others I am guessing will not agree. He first screws Helen of Sparta, then she goes back to Troy with her which gives a reason for Agamemnon a reason to fight.. again. Paris never listens and that pisses me off. Plus since he runs away in his first fight when he is fighting for Helen, he later feels the need to fight. I mean what the hell do you feel bad or something? Whatever I'm done with him.
2. Agamemnon!! I really hate him. He is one of the reasons I would not see this movie! The good outweighs the bad in my mind so...alas I still love this movie. I dislike the way Brian Cox plays this part. I think in the end he makes him out to be a bigger asshole than he really was.
I think that this movie needed nothing added and nothing taken out in the end. It was great to watch the visuals to a story I know so well. This in the end is very accurate to the story of the Illiad. Although I may not like the other works to follow this, both the Greek and the Roman, it doesn't effect how much I do end up liking this movie. I think that everyone should at least watch the first hour of this movie, that will either make you hate it or love it.