An Enjoyable and Exciting film

Rating: 7/10 (6 February 2009)

I've seen Troy 3 times now; I watch films more than once often but only if they are truly worth it. Troy, for me, is worth it.
If you like bulging muscles, tanned men, beautiful women, naked Brad Pitts, visually stunning scenery, amazing battle scenes, excellent stunts, some great acting, tear jerking moments, doe-eyed Orlando Blooms and Greek mythology then I would recommend this film for you.
Don't expect it to follow the history or myth perfectly, this NEVER (well, very rarely) happens, and it never fails to gall me when people expect a perfect adaptation of a book/story/etc every time. Stop doing it. You are bound to be disappointed.
I would mark Troy down though, because many of the actors attempted shoddy British accents, frankly - being British myself - I would rather they just did American cos they generally are really poor. But this is a minor issue really.
Brad Pitt steals this film for me. He really makes you relate to Achilles and pity him. I was really routing for him throughout the film. He portrays the anger and pain Achilles is obviously feeling excellently and I wouldn't change anything about his performance.
Orlando Bloom is a worthy addition to the cast but he doesn't really do much for the film as a whole as his scenes are short and he plays the character that everyone automatically dislikes; Paris. At the end he really comes through, and although you kind of hate him for what he does (you'll see what I mean) you begin to admire him.
There are some tear jerking moments so if you - like myself - cry at films a lot I would keep the tissue box nearby!
I can understand why Troy is not a 5 * film, but overall I think it's a really enjoyable film and worth watching!