Troy

[dgibson]

A pretty decent adaptation of a long story...stuff got changed a little bit, but it would have to be in order to fit a 10-year-long war into 2.5 hours. The battle scenes were well done, especially the lone duel between Achilles and Hector. I didn't really like having to look at Brad Pitt's buff body so much, but that's my problem. Sean Bean did a good Odysseus. All in all, I'll give it 4 spikes.

 

[Mojave]

Just barely saw this one this past weekend. I don't actually care for Pitt too much and I flat out hated Eric Bana in The Hulk (IMO that entire flick was a disaster starting with the director). Both were surprisingly exceedingly watchable in this.

Sad to say I can barely remember the original story. I'm sure I read it once (required reading wasn't it ) So I just watched it as a stand alone movie. I'm guessing it plays better that way than trying to compare it to the classic literature. The film wasn't wonderful but it was definitely worth watching.

 

[schmalts]

Thought it was not very good. kind of missed a plot sometimes. Gladiator beats the crap out of this one.