[ Possible spoilers follow - you've been warned ]

We just watched Troy and I really hated it. IMO, there was a lot wrong with the movie. But the best part of the movie was Prince Hector, played by Eric Bana. I wish the movie had been about more about him. I thought Brad Pitt looked weird all buffed up and in fighting trim. He looked kinda swollen, like he was retaining water or something. I didn’t buy all his angst and his romance in the movie was just contrived and dumb.

A couple of things that were really head scratchers. For one, Helen of Troy was supposed to be one of the most beautiful women, like ever, but the actress who played her just wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong, she was pretty, just not Helen of Troy pretty. I thought Hector’s wife was much more beautiful, by several orders of magnitude actually. Should have switched the actresses roles here. The funniest thing though is the scene where Achilles is practicing sword fighting with his cousin in ancient greek ruins. Fine. At first. But then I realized something. Doesn’t this story take place when the ancient greek ruins were actually freshly built buildings? Explain that one to me. I don’t get it.

Anyway, don’t bother with this movie if you haven’t seen it yet.