I prefer the original cut...

Rating: 4/10 (29 September 2009)

My wife and I just finished the director's cut of Troy and we were both greatly disappointed. None of the new footage was remotely interesting, save for the last scene which shows the refugees fleeing Troy after the city is destroyed. Honestly, most of the "new footage" was new cuts of old scenes where camera angles, dialog, and minor differences (i.e. dogs and (...)) are actually more annoying than helpful to the movie. The biggest problem however, lies in the soundtrack. One of the reasons that Troy was so good IMHO, was that the score hit the emotional chords so well. Almost the ENTIRE soundtrack was redone - and no way was this done by James Horner. The Achilles theme is gone, the Remembrance theme is barely heard, even Josh Groban's song is gone from the credits. Basically - the entire emotional content of the movie has been altered. I felt like I was watching the same movie (except for the quirky differences noted above) except the soundtrack had been replaced by "generic war music" put on random/repeat. I'm out of room on my review so I will just say this - keep to the original film at all costs. This is definitely not worth the double dip, and not worth it for all of the "new" footage.