Theatrical and director's cut

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2010)

Making a movie based on Homer's Iliad, an epic poem full of characters, romances and battles, even loosely based is a tough job, doomed to unfair comparisons from the very beginning but Petersen has done it... and He has done a hell of a job.
The thing is He has tighten the story just enough for this millennium, making the right decisions what to keep from the original story and what to discard (most notable the gods and supernatural part of the story). The balance between the emotional side of the story and the brutal side is caught excellent, perfectly integrated, not overshadowing each other. The characters are meaty; the romances are sweet and erotic, while the fights are bloody gore.