A Disgrace to an epic

Rating: 3/10 (21 May 2004)

WHat were they thinking! This movie is all about Brad Pitt's body and muscles. And about the pretty men and the not so pretty Helen. My comments:
1. good action sequences. 2. Full of mistakes: a. Agamemnon doesn't get killed by a Trojan! He gets killed by his wife ( who incidentally is Helen's sister) Klytemnistra because she fools around with Agamemnon's brother...Menelaos....!!! Did Wolfgang think he was going to re-write Greek mythology! What an idiot! b. Achilles and patroclus were not just cousins..they were lovers.... c. The Gods are left out of the story .....The Gods were the MOST important part of the Greek life then and it is so depicted in the Iliad.... or did Wolfgang wasn't imaginative enough to introduce them in a way so that his movie wouldn't appear as a War of the Titans type! d. Achilles wasn't as mean and troubled as Wolfgang makes him appear....e. Agamemnon wasn't a fierce mean power-hungry king! He was a loving father who suffered great loss for this war when he had to sacrifice his own daughter Ifigenia to save the Greeks.... I am tired to go on 3. Helen! the actress used wasn't so beautiful that would make every man drop dead for her.....of did Wolfgang had to use a German actress since he is German...what was he thinking...he was building an engine and had to use German parts! 4. Peter O'Toole was great. 5. The Trojans appear to be "the victims"!!! Who is the tragic character in this movie? The director fails to shine one! or none!
I demand a refund !!!