I found the movie surprisingly satisfying

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2004)

Having endured 3 separate "Lord of the Rings" movies, I was braced for
an epic. I almost brought my pillow and alarm clock, which I needed for
LOTR. I'm happy to say neither was necessary for "Troy". For my money
"Troy" surpasses LOTR in every possible way except media hype. The
action is good, acting is passible in most cases, and of course the story
line is classic. I can't for the life of me understand what the negative
comments are all about. I see a LOT of movies and this is right up there
with the good ones. My wife and I both enjoyed it more than any of the 3
LOTR, and in fact we both thought it was better than Hidalgo. The only
problem we noticed with "Troy" was logistical. Considering the number of
items in this movie that are being built with massive amounts of timbers,
and considering that almost every vista of the horizon is barren of trees,
we wondered just how much the directors expected us to suspend our
disbelief. Would it have been too much to show a few groves of trees
close to the building sites??