Review – Troy

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a source story so huge that even a lavish Hollywood epic seems small by comparison. All the stars, effects, and other tinseltown hogwash manage to fall disappointingly short of Homer’s simple words. And speaking of Homer, I wish movies wouldn’t credit their sources with things like “Inspired by Homer’s ‘The Iliad.’” If they really feel the need for accurate attribution, the card should have read something more like: “Story line vaguely related to Homer, dialogue inspired by the secret diary of a nine-year-old girl who lives somewhere in Shawnee Mission.” This isn’t a bad movie. It’s as pleasant a death as two and a half hours can reasonably expect. It just isn’t adequate to its subject. Mildly amusing