Not Homer, but not bad either

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2005)

This film only marginally resembles the Iliad in plot. Characters get killed who shouldn't; characters survive who didn't, relationships are strange, and the war is remarkably short. Hektor is not a pacifist in the book, and his wife never begs him to stay home from the war.
But it's a visual feast, with good pacing, and remarkable acting. It's a good story in its own right. I always suspected Agamemnon was nothing but a sensualist brute, and that Akhilleus was reflective about all the many men he'd killed. Also, Sean Bean makes a perfect Odysseus.
If you somehow missed this movie the first time around, I couldn't say it's a "must see," but it does make for an enjoyable evening.