Good with the right frame of mind

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2004)

Okay, we know that Brad Pitt isn't the one to play Achilles (if only for his blond hair) and that the overall acting is pretty weak, and that the dialogue is so unintentionally funny now and then, but what do you expect from a 200 million blockbuster? Epic action, and that's what you get. So in that perspective, I think Troy was pretty good.
Troy's action scenes make up for its lack of originality. It's nothing new since Braveheart and/or LOTR, but Braveheart's action was good, so what's the big deal.
Also, the actresses were great. Not in terms of acting, of course, but when a woman has got like ten lines dialogue I don't really care whether she can act or not. Diane Kruger was great looking, and so was Saffron Burrows, the latter being one of the most beautiful women I've seen in Hollywood for years. For a moment I thought it was Veronica Zemanova (minus the breasts).
Sean Bean is always terrific, despite the short time he's given in this flick. Eric Bana was not-so-good, but acceptable. Orlando Bloom was terrible as always, and by saying 'terrible' I actually mean 'annoying', but I guess Paris was, like Legolas, meant to be annoying anyway, so great job, Orlando. All other characters were so superficial I will not mention them. And Brad Pitt is one of the greatest actors of his time, but this just wasn't the right role for him. He's at his best when playing slightly f*cked up guys like in Snatch or 12 Monkeys. But that aside, I think he did relatively well in Troy anyway.
Well, what more can I say - terribly bad in every possible way but so epic, so so enjoyable. Switch off your intelligence and any other artsy-fartsy vehicle you have and have a great time. The 163 minutes will be over like 1, 2, 3...