Moderate epic

Rating: 7/10 (7 December 2004)

Last Wolfgang Petersen movie I liked was "Never Ending Story". And now I've found another.
I remember critics where little unsure what to make of this Greek epic without gods. Others liked it, others disliked it, I found it very entertaining, yet little bit too long epic, with a punch of great acting and some little less not so good acting.
From the actors I have to bring up Eric Bana, whose performance as Hector is above all other young heroes. Brad Pitt is not bad either, but he's been a lot better and in some places he seems a bit lost in the middle of this movie.
What comes to Orlando Bloom, well, he still doesn't convince me with his acting skills. Legolas still seems to haunt his career. "Lord Of The Rings" is still the only movie he did fit in perfectly.
I cannot claim myself to be a scholar of Greek mythology, and so I don't know how much has been left out, besides the gods, and what has been changed and how much, but as adaptations go, this is very good one. I give "Troy" a solid 7 from good effort.