Brad Pitt out of place

Rating: 3/10 (21 May 2004)

In an already mediocre film (closeness to the original material, to the customs of old Sparta, to generally resembling ancient Greece) I felt that Brad Pitt was really out of place, not credible at all. He and his cousin seemed like heroes from Beverly Hills in the wrong epoch. I could not find anything in the Brad Pitt - Achilles that reminded me of an ancient Greek hero. The only reason I gave a 3 to the film was Eric Bana as Hector. I also was quite disappointed that all of the mystical background was left out : the Iliad is as much a story of gods than of humans and with modern effects this could have given some depth to a film that otherwise consists of a series of battles with some acting in between.