Disappointed.

Rating: 4/10 (17 March 2008)

When Troy first came out, I wasn't old enough to see, but really wanted to. As the movie came in and out theatres, I begged my parents to let me get it off PPV (no), or rent it (another no). Even after I came of age they wouldn't let me see it. One day, when they both left, I discovered my chance when it was playing on AMC. It started out okay. Brad Pitt was hot and quite built as warrior Achilles, but I didn't really feel he put a lot of effort into his character. He seemed bored throughout, and more intimidating in a hunky lifeguard way then in a dangerous soldier way. And I was so disappointed with the women they cast! Diane Kruger as Helen wore so much eye-liner, in some scenes her left eye looked drastically larger than her right (also, eye-liner wasn't supposed to have been invented yet). The love that Brad Pitt and the skeezy Priestess share is cheesy, and so unrealistic (who falls that passionately in love in two days?). Orlando Bloom gave a valiant effort as Paris, but I couldn't help but feel that his character came off a little spoiled and wussy. I suppose the only actor I felt fulfilled his role was Eric Bana, who played Paris's older brother. Despite the hot actors, the intense battle scenes and the amazing sets, I felt bored, because a) I knew what the outcome would be--who didn't? and b) the acting quality was more like rent-an-actor then lets-pay-millions-of-dollars-for-an actor.
Skip it. See "Spartacus" instead.