Disappointment!

Rating: 5/10 (16 May 2004)

A complete miscalculation - horrible dialogue ("You sack of wine!"), stiff acting (Pitt maintains the same constipated scowl throughout) and badly paced (no chemistry between characters or epic feel despite use of CGI armies). The camera work is spotty, and the score is gratingly horrible.
Boring, unintentionally funny, and basically a total debacle. The only shining moments are provided by Peter O'Toole and Sean Bean. The rest of the cast seems totally disinterested or out of place. The biggest waste of $200 million I have ever seen.
Save your money and make this one a rental. Troy gives no soul whatsoever to effecting, dramatic source material. Homer would be appalled.