Above average, nothing special

Rating: 5/10 (16 October 2006)

After watching this movie on DVD i was little disappointed. this movie fails in
'direction & screenplay' am i right?, many persons try to compare it to Braveheart & Gladiator. its matchless . Those two movies have terrific battle scenes & gore. where as here its not so well documented.
Biggest mistake dir Wolfgang Peterson did was REJECTING the original score for this movie,alternatively hiring another composer to finish the score in 2 weeks.seems like a PERFECT SUICIDE MISSION. composer james horner steals some bits from gladiator,star trek. then adding his own. The music is too intense in some battle scenes.if he had given a year i bet this movie would have won an Oscar for best score. james horner is master in giving music for epic movies( brave heart,titanic).
The visuals are good but not enough,brads acting is OK. above all i can say that troy is not too bad or too good its average. great story but poorly executed.