Let Troy burn!

Rating: Null/10 (17 May 2004)

I must confess, I haven't read Homer's Iliad. But I didn't expect a History lesson nor the best film ever filmed. After all, by having Brad Pitt as the main character one cannot expect from Achilles more than a pretty figure. Eric Bana's Hector was great, and Peter O'Toole's Priam was even greater. On the other hand, one can think Orlando Bloom's Paris is nothing but a dark haired Legolas.
Epic? OK, Troy has a couple of good battle scenes. But it remains a "Hollywood costume drama in a love cum tragedy setting" with the happiest end they were able to fix up.
What's next after Troy's fire? Aeneas was on the screen for ten seconds. Enough to let us know, I fear, Troy can only be the beginning of a saga. And sooner than late we will have, you'll see, a Sean Bean's Oddysey. But good... Achilles is dead and the set is already built. Maybe they'll spend the money in better dialogs.