Troy (2004)

Film: Troy
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Imdb User Rating: 6.9/10

Premise:It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad." Written by Mensur Gjonbalaj
Blog review: I'd like to start out by saying Troy made a respectable 133 million in its U.S. release but more surprisingly it made a whopping $364 million internationally. So before I go forth and say this was a flop, it wasn't. They recouped their 175 million dollar budget hands down. Why did this thing make money, I couldn't tell you. Reading other reviews peopel seem split on the factual story and the Homer story. Personally I don't care either way. The movie is about the fall of troy and how a war began over what else a girl. So the war begins and the famous Trojan horse that we know today is used. Did the Greeks not realize the gift, wouldn't any sane person be leery of a huge gift in a time of crisis. now granted the Trojan horse did start the war. One good fight scene that was like watching "American Gladiators" between Pitt and Bana... Anyone see the comedy Mom and Dad save the world, now that was intentionally funny Trojan horse scene but this was just terrible. The reason this made money cause it was Brad Pitt and Eric Bana in a gladiator movie. And yes I do like movies with gladiators in it... no wait wrong movie.

The Movie Drop off point: The acting was so lame, many people talk about how good this movie is but there was nothing new, nothing interesting about this. The best thing I can say about this si I'm glad Wolfgang Peterson did this so he couldn't ruin the Batman Vs. Superman franchise he was slated to do. The lame Achilles heel moment, so retarded. I haven't seen the movie in a while but it still gives me heartburn thinking about it.
Recommendation: I can take any episode of Xena warrior princess of this 2-10.
Film Recommendation: Gladiator (00) Braveheart(95)