Troy REVIEW

Troy REVIEW: C-

This movie is epic in every sense -- perhaps it gets a bit too epic to be compelling -- for example, the thousands of CGI-rendered troops that end up in a mosh pit -- well, to some, interesting -- to me, a mess

The dramatic premise of the movie -- I think it's an example of how you can underdo the human drama and be left with a whole bunch of action scenes that don't amount to much -- and it's unfortunate because this movie doesn't lack high powered actors

The overall concept was mixed -- is it a Greek tragedy with a compelling storyline of human drama or is it the ant farm CGI thing -- there wasn't a good balance, and in this movie, I think if they spent more time either making the HEROS badasses or giving them lines to make them interesting, it would have led to a better movie

The other thing was that it was too stiff and not too human, and went on too long for its own good -- I don't know if this makes it disappointing or in terrible need of better editing

Very flawed movie, in our opinion really not worth the 2:42 invested -- can you imagine movies where you clockwatch and the movie feels long -- this is one of them -- the bad thing is that it is not that enjoyable a time