First movie I walk out of

Rating: 1/10 (18 May 2004)

What a terrible movie. A little bit about myself so you understand why I disliked it (and walked out of after 1 hour):
1. I have read the Greek mythology in some detail and know the book version of the Trojan story relatively well. 2. I like action movies of this kind (Spartacus, the original 'Helen of Troy', and Lord of the Rings etc).
*** very minor spoilers *** If you have read the book, this movie will be extremely disappointing. I won't put any big spoilers here, but you will see the equivalent of 'Gandalf killing Saruman' during the first hour of The Fellowship of the Ring. And thank god Peter Jackson didn't do that mistake. The director of Troy has one of the main characters of the book plot killed in the first hour.
If you haven't read the book, there is still lots to despair. The battle scenes (at least while I stayed) are terrible. No feelings at all. Brad Pitt's worst performance (I like Brad Pitt in general and enjoy films like Fight Club with him). How did he even agree to sign up for this movie? The plot is somewhat OK (considering you haven't read the book), but everything happens too quickly and seems cut.
The director of this movie is terrible. Please let Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg or James Cameron do an epic like Troy. You ruined what I was hoping to be a nice movie I was looking fwd to.