A great movie, and occasionally moving

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2005)

I recently watched Troy, unfortunately not in theaters, and was pretty impressed. My favorite character is Achilles, and I think his scenes are among the best in the film
One thing I thought fell flat was the Paris/Helen romance. The pair simply didn't have the same chemistry as Achilles and Briseis.
Other than that I liked it a lot. The costumes were beautiful (I am absolutely dying to have Hector's wife's blue dress) and a lot of the acting was pretty good.
My favorite parts were anything with either Hector or Achilles & Briseis in them. Eric Bana was excellent at playing the perfect man (he is the one every woman wants to marry) and Brad Pitt simply WAS Achilles. I especially loved seeing Achilles with Breseis, his one true love (aaaaw!), because it showed another side of him. I personally think his character was very well developed, and would have liked to see more romance w/ him. But, then again, I am a hopeless romantic and tend to fall for the vulnerable bad boy, so my opinion might not be totally reliable.
My advice is to watch this movie as a story, not as a history book or the Iliad. It's not the Iliad, or totally accurate, but it's still a good, moving, believable story. Rent it, give it a fair chance, and don't cry too hard when Hector dies.