Poorly Done

Rating: 3/10 (28 May 2004)

I have not seen such a failure in cinema in many years.
Troy opened well...and then plummeted. The music was horribly done. For this type of movie, there should not be repeated motifs over and over, with no bass or percussion backing. For a war movie, I envisioned a score with much more percussion and heavy bass sounds, similar to the score of Master and Commander or The Last Samurai.
Costuming was also not done well. Some of the armor looked like it was plastic, which it probably was. Achilles' costume worked out well, because it was simple, but not all Ancient Greek and Trojan soldiers wore elaborate armor. In fact, most just had a metal chest plate and helmet.
The acting was the only somewhat good aspect of this film. Brad Pitt wasn't great, but he could hold the character of Achilles together. Eric Bana did a good, strong job as Hector, but it could have been better. Orlando Bloom was annoying, but the character of Paris is, so that works well. The man who played the King of Troy did a very good job. Sean Bean did a very good Odysseus, also.
Some of the camera-work was done well, other times it was not. Some visual effects made the set seem to other-worldly, rather than near the Aegean Sea.
Overall, I think this movie was not very good. It was hyped a lot, but there were many, many shortcomings.