Worst movie ever? Let me ask you a question... Did you see Gigli?

Rating: Null/10 (22 May 2004)

I have to say that I had been looking forward to this movie ever since I saw the trailer for the first time, but I went to the movie yesterday with very lowered expectations because of what I had read here (and because of the very bad things Swedish Movie-critic Orvar Säfström had said about it). But since my expectations were so low, I got positively surprised. It's not so bad that some of you claim. The acting, which has been very criticized, was overall OK. The only one that didn't work was Orlando Bloom, but that was compensated by the very good performances of Sean Bean, who in my opinion excelled the few times he appeared on the screen. Brad Pitt did all right, even thou it's hard to see an icon like him play such a famous character as Achilles. Every time he appeared on the screen I say him more as Brad Pitt then Achilles. This was not because of bad acting, but because of the contrast between these two. Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole and Brian Cox all did their job well, nothing to complain about there. One thing a very much agree on thou is that the music was bad, almost very bad. Since I had read these posts before the movie I listened especially to the music, and I must say it sucked. The only theme that worked was the a little dark one that is played when the Greeks approaches Troy for the first time, but you probably don't remember it, and neither do I. I think this is the main problem of the film, since music plays a VERY important role in an epic film like this. Apart from these things, the movie was good to me. I know you can complain about the Hollywood ending, or the SOMETIMES exaggerated dialogue, but these are not big problems. I think the ending with Achilles getting an arrow in his heel and then get shot a few times in his chest, and then pull-out the arrows so the only one left when they find him is the one in his heel, is a very good thought of what might had happened if the story was true and no gods were involved. And please stop complaining about changes made from the book. A film is not the same thing as a book and cannot be treated the same. End of story. Another scene that was worth remembering was of course the fight-scene between Hector and Achilles, and as a fighting enthusiast I must say it was the best-choreographed fight-scene I've seen in a long time. I haven't really read 'The Iliad' yet, even thou I know the story pretty well, so I'm off to borrow it at the library as fast as I can. I got a little inspired, which is a good review for this movie. By the way, does anyone know if the rumor about Brad Pitt having a stunt-leg for this movie is true? I mean he looked pretty well fit on the upper body, got to check which training program he used.
Troy: 7/10