Poor Homer (contains many spoilers)

Rating: 1/10 (20 July 2005)

I was looking forward to seeing this movie & sadly, I was very disappointed. As a Classics Student, I was appalled at the changes that were made. There is a reason that this is a classic story, but the film-makers obviously chose to ignore it. They left the most basic elements in and took out many key elements. After awhile, I lost interest due to being distracted by all of the errors in this classic tale. If your going to make a movie out of one of the most important stories of the ancient world, you had better stick to the tale. There's a reason why "The Iliad" is a classic. Learn it!!
ERRORS IN "TROY" (2004) "The Iliad" has no mention of Thessaly in it. The war has already been on for 10 yrs. when "the Iliad"starts. Patroclus is FRIEND not cousin to Achilles. Gods do not play important role in the movie, unlike the book. "The Iliad" ends with Hector's funeral. Hector does NOT kill Menelaus; Menelaus leaves w/Helen & they have a life together. Aphrodite saves Paris from Menelaus NOT Hector. Hector vs. Ajax is a one-on-one combat, no other fights take place during it & Ajax does NOT die in the fight. Briseis is NOT cousin to Hector NOR a priestess, therefore she shouldn't be returned to Troy; seems her character is merged w/"Chryseis". Hector takes Achilles armor & wears it after Patroclus'death. Agamemnon is not killed in "the Iliad"; he is later killed by his wife & her lover in Aeschylus'"Agamemnon". Sack of Troy is NOT in"the Iliad". Briseis & Achilles are NOT in love. There is no "Trojan Horse"nor is it Odysseus'idea. Helen feels contempt for Paris after fight w/Menelaus. Trojans hate Helen. No mention of Cassandra, a clairvoyant Trojan princess. Achilles dies BEFORE the Trojan Horse. Aeneas is older than shown. Helen, Andromache, & Astyanax (Hector's son) do NOT leave Troy. Andromache becomes a slave & Astyanax is thrown from walls. The movie takes elements from "the Aeneid". And most of the Greek names were mispronounced.