It still needs to be a good film

Rating: 3/10 (8 February 2005)

First things first, the film says it's based on Homer's tale so I won't even bother going into the that, and is that really how you pronounce the names - I doubt it. What bothered me more was just how poor the film was. The only reason it got a 3 was some of the later battle scenes were fun to watch. But, and it's a big ole' but. The acting was terrible. We (yes more than just me) were so close to turning it off, we were was so bored. I couldn't care less about the characters, they were all so two dimensional. OK so they didn't spend three days introducing themselves and their family history like Homer intended, but there is no excuse in taking out the boring bits and replacing them with the most dull acting. Normally I quite enjoy a Brad Pitt film, but this is him at his worst. I really would not recommend paying money to see this film, a real turkey.