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yeah... worth seeing i suppose, especially considering what else is out right now. but, not an enduring classic by any stretch of the imagination.
i thought the trojan side of it was way underdeveloped. the greeks are underhanded enough to keep the viewer from liking them, but not enought time is spent on the trojans to like them either.
i don't really need a hero/villain story... but characterization was so one-dimensional (w/exception of hector) it was hard to care about anybody that much. the fighting was well choreographed but, again, characterization was too weak for it to mean much.
kudos to eric bana for propping the script up with the only performance capable of inspiring empathy. peterson should've used sean bean's odysseus more... the man has 3% of the greek dialogue but provides half the depth. bean always makes the most of what little he is usually given (boromir!).
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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