Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Kirpianuscus because it gives more than you expect after many others adaptations of "Iliad". because it respects the spirit of epic and gives a realistic image about society, characters, war and emotions. because it is more than a pretty drawing but a large, inspired fresco. and it has its way for tell a huge story in the right manner. maybe, this is the basic motif for see it. because it is real good return to the spirit of Homer work. and that could be the best answer to the critics about it.

Steven Torrey I liked the movie. It gives a good review of the events that led to the Trojan war. Questions regarding the exact nature of Helen are still debated in scholarly circles. Was she manipulator of people and events, or a victim of events? Did she run off willingly with Paris/Alexander or was she abducted? Was she a flake or was she some sort of über-woman? Sienna Guilory plays to all of these questions. At one moment a waif and when needed--über-woman; at one moment a victim, at another a perpetrator. The role is not as easy to play as one might think.But what if someone like Elizabeth Hurley was cast as Helen? Someone with body size to go with the indomitable and chameleon spirit of Helen? Would there be a different sense to the movie and to Helen as a theatrical role? Complaints about fidelity to the ancient text are duly noted; like reading the Cliff notes, a movie ain't the best way to crib for tomorrow's exam on the Iliad. Helen of Troy. Her story is one that grew over the years and with every accretion changed. In 'Agamemnon', Aeschylus doesn't even want to mention her name, she is a betrayer of Greece. Euripides' "Helen" might be regarded as the first bastardized story-line of the original from the Iliad. The Trojan Horse is an incident from the Odyssey and takes very few lines; Vergil's Aeneid discusses the Trojan Horse in any detail. So to think the viewer is watching an interpretation of Homer's Iliad, better re-read the original.The Greek story can be complicated to follow, especially for the modern viewer. I thought they did an admirable job of getting the general idea--even if some of the details were lost in translation.

callisto_gr Ii just watched this movie and I must say it's awful.I don't care if it has suspense,fun or whatever.To me it matters that it is really imprecise.This movie has nothing to do with the Iliad.The screenwriters must have never read Homer's poem,that's sure. i don't want to expand to the the wrong plot details,because then I would have to write the whole screenplay from the start.In addition to clothes are SO not according the time of the story,which I remind takes place in 11th century b.C..The clothes in this film are roman empire's era clothes.And for goodness sake;did you just see those suits of armour?I was under the impression that Russel Crow would jump in the scene in a moment!And last(but probably the thing that made me laugh the hardest) (quote from this ridiculous movie) -...and the world is spinning...Wow that guy was really forward from his era!!!!

DestinyRose183 I wish they brought this in theaters because this was a LOT better than Troy with Bradd Pitt. "Helen of Troy" followed the real storyline and the war actually lasted 12 YEARS not 12 days. The actors were great and the talent of the actors really made you love them or hate them. Rufus did a great job playing Agammemnon. You watched and realized that he wasn't someone to mess with. They casted Achilles perfectly. In "Troy" Brad Pitt played Achilles but he was half good and half bad. In "Helen of Troy" they left him as the enemy and left it at that. I wish everyone saw this and I hope it comes out on DVD because this is the BETTER "troy" movie.