"Troy" is one film worth watching.

Rating: 9/10 (11 July 2005)

To start this off, I'd just like for everyone to keep in mind that I started watching this movie at eleven o' clock at night on HBO, despite the fact that both my parents had said it was absolutely horrendous.
I have ADD, and thus was confident that if my mother couldn't sit through it, I probably wouldn't be able to. But, of course, I tried it anyway, having heard both excellent and terrible reviews of it.
Holy crap, what a movie.
I enjoyed nearly all of the film, and not just because of all the extremely beautiful man flesh that was being tossed around. Although that was a plus, the story was so huge and epic I couldn't help but fall madly in love with it.
I have heard people whine about it be historically inaccurate, to which I say this: It's the Trojan War, people. Were you there for the Trojan War? Do you know what happened? And, more importantly, do you really think that Homer was only writing history? The man took some artistic license, and if you haven't figured that out by now, you are a complete fool.
But enough bickering, onto the facts. I found most of the acting to be outstanding, especially Eric Bana's performance as Hector. Upon seeing him in that god-awful letdown, "The Hulk," I wanted to see him redeem himself. He did an astonishing job here. He made Hector come to life with such humanity and such grace. Thank you, Eric.
Brad Pitt was halfway decent as well as the super-beautiful demigod Achilles. Of course, he barely attempted an accent, which sort of made his character seem less real. But I think he made up for it in the long run. Achilles is one tough character to portray. His inner struggle is something only the best can pull off, and since he did "Fight Club," I have considered Brad Pitt to be one of the best. He was melodramatic, but not so much in a way where he took away from the story. I applaud him.
Orlando Bloom as Paris and Diane Kruger as Helen were the weak links in the chain. Sure, Orlie's almost as pretty as Diane, who is absolutely gorgeous. But Paris came off as a cowardly little naive girl, and Helen...I don't know what to say about her. I just didn't CARE about Helen. Kruger failed to give her the personality needed to support a character of that magnitude.
Everyone else was rather good, and I loved seeing Sean Bean in there. He is such a fox. Peter O' Toole was lovely as well, and the various ladies scattered about the film were very good.
All in all, this was a movie that kept me interested from beginning to end. I fought serious fatigue to get through it, but in the end, it was well worth while.