when they say loosely based on the illiad,.....

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2004)

Having watched troy for the first time today, i have to say that it was not what i expected. Firstly, it was rather cheesy in places (rather sometimes was an understatement). The script was not the best written, not only in dialouge, but because the story was so loosly based on the illiad that it only bore token resemblences. Two characters that should not have died did, Paris died in the poem, and Accilies was actually gay (and it was not his cousin that was killed that he was so upset about(cause it wasnt supposed to be his cousin), but they couldnt include that without saying that he was gay). The acting had good and bad bits, brad pitt was great as accillies, and his performance was worth the watch purely for his body, also eric bana was brilliant as hector, it was truly worth watching, however, even though in my opinion he has been great in other things (and i was a huge fan until today) Orlando Bloom's acting was at some points difficult to watch. this was not helped by incredibly cheesy diolouge, and a reeealy wimpy, rather annoying character. This was one of the most dissapointing parts of the film. The only saving grace was again, the half-naked view of his body at the beginning. O'toole was good, but he achieved pure brilliance in the scene were he goes to talk to accilies, and sean bean was perfectly cast in his part. Most of the other performances were forgettable (so much so that i have forgotten them). The cinematography could have used some more work, and the scrit needed basically re-writing, and maybe some roles needed recasting (OB's especially, he may have been good as something else, but....) This film was a great story, with a brilliant set of actors, however, the scripting and directing were awful. I applaude the costume department tho. (oooh those little skirty things that flapped around). Overall i give the film about a 6/10, however this was only brought up by the veiws of OB half naked, and Brad Pitt so close to it that there was only about 6" of him that you didnt see (v dissapointing, my favourite 6" aswell)