Not entirely sure about my verdict...

Rating: Null/10 (12 June 2004)

...did I love it, or hate it? 'The Iliad' is definitely one of my favourite books (would be my favourite if that wasn't 'the Odyssey')and, in all honesty, this wasn't the Iliad. Too much was changed to make it true to the story. I would list, but there's too much to put. And the film seemed like a week, not 10 years. AND, to add insult to injury, Orlando Bloom's Paris was very poor, as was Helen. However, many other characters came out brilliantly. Eric Bana was, in my opinion, PERFECT as Hector, and Rose Byrne was brilliant as Briseis. Sean Bean was also extremely good, but it would have been nice if he'd had more scenes. Oh, and the battle scenes were enough to put even LOTR to shame. Those are the good and the bad things, and now for the "ummm..." things. To begin, Brad Pitt - looked the part, acted well, but he didn't really seem like the Achilles I'd built an interpretation of, but that might just be me.
Peter O'Toole - overplayed most facial expressions, but I did think that he did very well when Priam went to beg the return of Hector's body. All in all, despite loving 'the Iliad' and hating change to it, this film was, well, enjoyable.