Drivel of the first order

Rating: 7/10 (31 August 2004)

Well all I can say is that this is a disaster of heroic proportions!
Absolute rubbish, not even the computer graphics can save this nonsense.
Not even the Brit contingent of O'Toole, Cox and Bean can save this, not even the escapees from Lord of the Rings can stop the slide into ineptitude.
Aside from mangling the storyline, where was Cressida? Aside from taking no account of the fact that the Troy legend is over ten years, the casting of Achilles and Helen of Troy are truly dreadful.
Whoever the lady is who plays Helen, it's doubtful she could launch two pedalloes let alone a thousand ships. And as to Brad Pitt as Achilles, well that is miscasting on a major scale, he cannot carry the part at all. Leave roles like this to people like Russell Crowe who can actually act.
Frankly this is risible rubbish and makes me weep for Homer!