In response to other reviews

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2004)

As I've noticed from several reviews, I may be one of few people who has actually read the iliad and watched the movie, and I would say that the movie is an accurate reflection of the poem, which cleverly and subtly solves parts that were absent from the book. The homosexual relationship between Patroclus and Achilles is implied when the both of them are seen naked in the first scene (Patroclus is the one on the far side) and although Patroclus is older in the book then Achilles, he was well represented in his character. Briseis is---in this movie a combination of Polyxima, Cassandra, and a bit of Briseis. This is something that I found clever and effective, a good solution to a limited time span. And in response to the previous review, Achilles (not Brad) cries because he grows as a character--this is the tragic element presented by Homer. He becomes a better man through his pain and when he finally fixes his faults, he is brought down by the arrows of Paris which are guided by Apollo.