I was excited to see this film, but it was a huge disappointment. What happened to the nuances of Greek life and military society? Where was the reverence for the gods and godesses of antiquity? Even as eye candy the movie fall short.

A turd making lazy circles in a toilet bowl is more entertaining than this film. Brad Pitt is UGLY and about as charismatic as Ben Stiller. Orlando Bloom would have been better as the female lead. Both must be taking acting lessons from Jennifer Aniston because they're terrible! Peter O'Toole's hair looks like it was done by Sigfried and Roy. Poor Eric (the ONLY good performance in the movie) Bana's headgear looks like a trash can out of Cher's bathroom. (...)

Hard to keep a straight face watching this one. It feels like we've retrograded back to 50's Hollywood - clean, modern Americans with lots of hair gel, starched denim tunics, and heavy plastic necklaces parading around as warriors. I keep waiting for Burt Lancaster to show up somewhere; for Kirk Douglas to arrive on a chariot; for Charlton Heston with a Big Beard to trek down from the hills. I don't care if it's historically accurate - if only it would carry me away with the story it chooses to tell. As for watching it strictly as an action movie, well, there's better stuff to choose from. And, we won't even touch the topic of the dialog. Too bad, waste of the talented Pitt and Bloom, but I'm sure they'll go on to better shows.

I cannot understand how anyone could really admire this overlong, laughably acted, dreadfully costumed, meandering, Gladiator wannabe, piece of donkey cud "epic". It's actually worse than King Arthur and Alexander. Shame on you. Run away.Not only is Orlando Bloom the worst new actor of his generation, but Brad needs to lay off the Botox. The only thing that is impressive about this one is Eric Bana's charismatic presence, before his face is covered in dirt of course.

I saw Troy in the theatre. I thought the production was ok, but I couldn't handle Brad Pitt. I really enjoyed Brad Pitt in Fight Club, Snatch and Ocean's Eleven, but his performance in this was horrendous. I wanted to leave the theatre. This was too "Hollywood" and didn't even come close to Gladiator. I was sorely disappointed.

To be honest, I did not like this movie. At first, it was pretty good...but in the middle, it just got very dull. I seriously was on the verge of falling asleep at some points...