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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 1558608" data-attributes="member: 7233">Just saw it.Troy began with some really wooden acting IMO, thoughit did get better towards the end.  Really cood haveused better acting and a better screenplay in somescenes though.I did like the battle scene between Hector and Achilles, it had the feel of an epic deul.  Hector's wife's sadness watching her husband was well done, as was Priam's later request to Achilles to take back his son's body.  I hated how the battle was initiated though, with Achilles simply approaching the walls and screaming 'HECTOR!'.  It may have been like that in the Iliad (I forget) but it doesn't work well on the screen.  The film should have brought out Achilles' rage more as well.  The Rage of Achilles is, after all, the center of the story.It's good to see LotR and realize it is possible tomake a great movie from a great epic story.  I thinkPeter Jackson could have done better with thismaterial.I rated it a 5.EDIT, oh, forgot, I was disappointed to see theat Julian Glover made such a brief appearance in the film.</blockquote>