What a dissapointment!
Let me start at the beginning.
Infact thats a good place to start as it was looking ok at that point, exillerating first battle, no talking yet.
... and then the script started... Oh dear...
Such a shame, this tale is a favourite of mine byt the script was so flakey! Brad Pit's Achillies was so 1 dimensional and his portrayal of him wooden to the extreme, I thought he would get washed away witht the tide! Ahh well...
The action was good and the effects fantastic, I just found myself tapping my feet and drumming my fingers waiting for the next battle, which i thought was a shame, especially seeing as there was a lot of rubbish inbetween...
Quite possibly Brad Pit's worst ever role, though I really don't blame him for the poor script he had to work with.
Eric Bana's Hector wasn't bad, and in what could have been an interseting twist to the classic tale, it was told as if the Greeks were the bad guys, which if done right would have been refreshing, as we all know the story from Homer to be pretty pro Greek, too bad they couldnt really carry it off.
The film also leaves out the mystical side of the tale, well the Gods are still mentioned of course, but make no appearances; again a good idea as it tried to focus more on the people involved. REPEAT..... TRIED.
Intersting aside...
During the last weeks of filming the huge set of the Walls of Troy was struck by a hurricane, totaly destroying it. The whole thing had to be rebuilt from scratch for the last fight scene between Hector and Achillies.
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