Expected so much, received so little...

Rating: Null/10 (17 May 2004)

I was so disappointed by this movie... My favourite parts of the movie were Odysseus' Roman Helmet and the Egyptian Chariots. Just listing all the downright stupid things done by the director would take up pages, the armour, the weapons, the battles, the storyline, etc. What was so difficult to understand about it taking place in the Bronze Age? It is equivalent to a Vietnam era war movie using laser rifles and force fields, or Petersen's own Das Boot taking place on a nuclear submarine. Why Hollywood constantly feels the need to so drastically change such a great story is beyond me. Pitt almost pulled Achilles off, O'Toole was great and the rest was merely OK. This could have been such a great epic but sadly it falls way too short. No one is expecting them to get it 100% but please try to at least keep the major parts historically accurate.