Perhaps the worst retelling of the Trojan War, ever.

Rating: 1/10 (21 March 2005)

OK. The times have changed. This writer has not seen the need to discuss the trials of Achilles, except in passing, and he turns Menelaus into the evil henchman of Agamemnon. He represses all the emotions of a child who has grown up during wartime, knowing that he has a choice to make between being a legend, or living a long life. This fact is touched upon, in a 3 minute montage, that's it. No, Achilles is not a child, but a 40 year old man. The War upon the Trojans was new, and lasts for 4 days. Of course the Homeric version tells us of a 16 year old Achilles and a War that started when he was just 6 years old. The fact that half of the participants of the War on the Athenian side were Kings, suitors of Helen, and there was no mention whatsoever of a pact between the suitors, that brought all these kings to Troy. Otherwise, the story is ridiculous, Brad Pitt is stoically flat, and the direction is choppy at best. But it was beautifully photographed.