Writers: Homer, David Benioff
Composer: James Horner
Starring: Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson, Diane Kruger, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Julie Christie, Peter O'Toole
More info: IMDb
Tagline: For Honor. For Victory. For Love. For Destiny. For Passion. For Troy.
Plot: An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.
My rating: 7/10
Will I watch it again? Probably not.
When I caught this in the theater in 2004 I wasn't impressed. I found Bloom to be an annoying prick, Pitt to be dolled up too much like a pretty boy and the female leads were underwritten and performed rather poorly. Outside of that I liked it OK. Cut to ten years later and I watched it again only this time it was the director's cut. Now either for reasons of seeing it again or seeing this different cut, I liked it. It was more violent than I remember and the major problems I perceived the first time around weren't as bad the second time. I'm probably not going to watch it again to figure out exactly what it was. It's a good film with some good action and performances but I think twice is my limit. There are far too many movies I haven't seen to let this one slip in once more.
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