Everything Paris touches turns to s***e. . . Sound familiar (pertaining to current events)?

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 2004)

If you haven't read the book, well i'm sorry for y'all. So I'm not going to tell the story of the film.
now to my thoughts about how the movie was done. I was interested throughout the entire story, even though I knew what was going to happen in what order and roughly when. It kind've felt like seeing a friend's lover, after hearing everything about him/her (annoyingly might i add) for about a month before you've actually met them. Unlike those times with your friend's new lover (unless they brought a friend), this movie was not boring.
There was not as much gore as I was to expect. After seeing Gladiator's bloodlust and subsequent efforts to follow up on their lead as well as surpass it, I could see it play out as a re-hash of gladiator. no overly drawn out speeches, no over necessary blood explosions. It was tastefully done.
The characters are fairly represented, albeit i am not an expert on Homer. The heros are heroic, just, and fair, you want to root against those who are not. I think that there was too much talk about immortality - i doubt that people were aware of their immortality at that point, or any point in time.
The "Great Balls of Fire" scene was very impressive. I was at first curious about the intentions of the armies, but it was thoroughly impressive and unique.
Although I'm not a Orlando Bloom fan (he only has one real role - swashbuckling sword dealing undefeatable hero), i was impressed by his performance. As was I impressed with Brad Pitt as well as Hector. Their duel was pretty memorable, however you could tell from the get go, even if you had not read the Homer's Epic, who was going to win.
Overall, I'd have to give this one about an 8 rating out of 10. If you compare it to similar stories, Braveheart, Gladiator, and the myriad of everything that has come since, it definitely ranks in the top 5, probably the top 3.
I only have one lingering statement to make. The prison shank, was totally sweet.