The liberties were many, but I wasn't disappointed

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2004)

Like so many movies based upon classic tale, Troy resembles the epic poem that inspired it about as much as the binding of the novelization will resemble the first text. If you can accept that the movie is made for this time, a time devoid of the pantheon fearing beliefs of the era the story was born from, then you will enjoy it. I stewed for days, unsure if I wanted to subject myself to disappointment, then I realized that I know what to expect from Hollywood these days. So I just took a breath, swallowed and went to see it and take whatever it was going to give me. What I got was 2 hours and 45 minutes of entertainment. I was never bored. I never wondered when it would end. And the most important things I'd held from the Illiad were there for me, crossing eras. Trojan Prince Hector was great and true, honorable and courageous. Odysseus was politically, socially, and militarily sly. All of Sean Bean's lines were thoughtful, provocative, and charming, just as they should be.
I am satisfied.