Luke warm...

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2004)

Regardless of the close to 200 million dollar production the movie falls short of expectations, at least mine. The acting was above par - superb in the case of the unsurpassable Peter O'toole -, and there is no doubting how outstandingly beautiful Diane Kruger really is (able to launch a thousand ships any day). However, certain choices regarding the screenplay, particularly the omission of the Gods as well as some rather unfortunate changes to Homer's masterpiece has seriously hampered this potentially epic film. The element of a true Greek tragedy is not present, which shifts the focus of the original story from tragic fate and its effects to a rather common love story. The battle scenes are not memorable and although it lacks any particularly damaging production error, Troy did not fulfill the potential that special effects and gigantic productions have generated for the filming of historical classics.