A good old movie

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2004)

I was quite pleasantly surprised. Not an epic but definitely looks great when compared with the standard Hollywood "big movie" of the past 20 years.
They twisted Homer's Iliad around a bit but not as bad as is usually done with book adaptations.
The characters were introduced in logical ways, were given time to fill out, had reasonable motivations, and carried out those motivations in a believable way. At least compared to what you usually see.
I was reminded of the old Hollywood epics (but with CGI instead of a million extras).