Oh boy, it's Troy

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2004)

This film is too long, plain and simple. I know they were going for that good old-fashioned epic feel, but let's face it, these guys aint exactly Cecil B. DeMille and Company. I still give it a 6, which is my imdb equivalent of ***, because Pitt's good, the girl who plays Helen is sufficiently beautiful, and Brian Cox and Peter O'Toole raise the bar every time they appear. Plus there's a certain other-worldliness to the proceedings, even if it's not of C.B. DeMille caliber. But my first statement still holds: lop off at least 30 minutes of troops-running-toward-each-other scenes and we would find a far more engrossing film lying underneath the spoils.