What was Monty Python doing there?

Rating: 3/10 (22 May 2004)

I'm sure that was John Cleese towards the end of the movie - you know, the soldier that Achilles didn't kill because he said he had a wife and son - certainly a very nice British accent! Maybe he was on vacation at the time.
This was a B+ movie saved only slightly by Eric Bana and Peter O'Toole and the fight scene between Brad Pitt and Hector.
I was sitting with my wife and we were both having a hard time staying awake for most of the movie. The script was really bad and the dialogue scenes reminded me of a typical TV soap opera (I don't admit to ever seeing a whole one of those either). We kept cracking jokes with each other throughout the movie. The women in the movie were weak at best and the various characters just shells.
The villains were unbelievable and the California blonds and poor scripting just put a lid on it for me. I will say that the wooden horse was well thought out - using boat parts was plausible and the result was believable. The armies were OK although the sound of the marching was not even close to the actual scene were extras were plodding their way to the castle walls. No blood to be seen on Pitt after 3-4 arrows pierced his leather suit fired by the nancy boy who couldn't act to save his life.
I was full of hope only to be let down. If you spend the money to get the big army and the costumes right etc. don't short change us on the choice of actors and the script writing - give us a bit of depth and credibility - please! Not a movie that I'm likely to watch again (Yawn).