Worthless

Rating: 2/10 (15 August 2008)

Homer would swirl in his grave if he had the chance to see this movie. The Iliad twisted in such a way that it is like reading a History book in which it says that Hitler's Germany won the 2nd World War. I hope this is not a spoiler because it is taken form a long time ago written poem but, Menelaus killed by Hector? Achilles killed by Paris inside burning Troy? The Hollywood idea of making always good and bad guys in a movie is what stinks most out of this movie. The historical fact and truth is that the Troyan War was nothing more that an economical war for the control of the Mediterranean commerce and trade. Hell, Troy was just another Greek city. It was getting pretty mighty and the rest of the Greek cities in Greece and elsewhere in the Mediterranean coasts were not very happy about it. That's in plain words. Helen, was an induced pretext, sort of speaking. Who knows, maybe she played with Paris and had the rest of the Troyans fall for it. There are two versions of her fate after the war: she was reunited with Menelaus and they lived together happily ever after in Sparta and the other is that Menelaus "took her for a ride" one sunny day never to return. I liked the special effects and the CGIs though.