Some good, some bad...

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2004)

Lets go with the bad first: I loved the Greek mythology about the Trojan War, and this movie needed to stick to it more. The screenwriter for this movie was an idiot! Every major Greek who dies, with the exception of Achilles, either lived longer in the siege than they did in the movie, or died at home-whether by violence or old age.
*SPOILER* That little candy-ass Paris needed to die, since he actually does in the myths. He pegs Achilles and dies shortly after. But does the idiot writing the script bother to get that right? No! The whole point of things was that Paris doesn't survive and Helen is returned to Menelaus! *END SPOILER*
Secondly, where were (for starters) Sarpedon and Teucer? They're some of the more essential characters in the Iliad. Telamon and Little Ajax would have been nice to see too.
Thirdly, why do we straight guys have to be subjected to seeing Brad Pitt's naked ass on several occasions and not get to see Diane Kruger (Helen) topless in full detail?
The good: It's still a reasonably good epic battle movie with a great score.