Achilles must be turning in his grave

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 2004)

How any one can see this as a great film is beyond me.
1) factually completely inaccurate 2) script sounded like it was written for 5 year olds - except Peter O Toole 3) Acting all terrible except Eric Bana and Peter O Toole - both wasted. 4) Battle scenes - wasted opportunity - totally unrealistic.
They should have given it to Ridley Scott.
Brad Pitt - someone needs to have a word with him - or he should employ his own writers to redevelop the scripts he gets sent.
He should also enunciate his words more clearly - he mumbles - a nightmare for the actor - and the audience.
When writing these films why don't they consult experts? The LOTR trilogy shows that audiences will accept stylised dialogue - nothing is more stylised than ancient texts - why modernise it?
A wasted opportunity - for how much money???