Not bad... but not great.

Rating: 6/10 (1 July 2013)

TROY
This is an epic film. It is not really my kind of film, but I can understand why it is popular to other people. There were things about this film I loved, but there were also things I was not too keen on.
The film is about the battle of Troy. The main character is Achilles played by Brad Pitt. The acting was really good and the film had a brilliant cast list. Starring in this film with Brad is Sean Bean, Julian Glover, Nathan Jones, Peter O'Toole, Eric Bana & Orlando Bloom Everyone does a great job.
The story was quite good, but I felt it dragged on for too long. I was hoping it was going to be gripping throughout the movie, but there were times where I was getting a little bored. But just as I was getting bored, another fighting sequence came along.
The fighting scenes were absolutely amazing. They were violent, gory and very well shot. I don't know how much of this film was computer effects and how many extras were used, but there were so many people during the fighting scenes that you didn't know where to look. It was action and excitement every time. Sometimes you could see that when the people were stabbing each other, they were missing by miles, but it was not very often and it didn't ruin the scene.
My favourite scene in the whole film was when the king played by Peter O'Toole went into the enemy camp to get his sons body back. The conversation he had with Brad Pitt in his hut was very tense. I could sense the respect and tension between both characters, and even though they were only talking it was a very captivating scene and the best scene of the film. Both actors played that scene perfectly.
I will give this film 6 out of 10.
Good fight scenes and great dialogue, but it was too long and a little boring in places.
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