[Mr. Jeeves]

It was OK, though the usual Hollywood mangling of the story took place. The Rock should have played Achilles, and another, similarly large man should have played Hector. Brad Pitt and Eric Bana are too slightly built to carry off those roles, though Bana is at least a creditable actor. Pitt looked ludicrous as a blonde, surfer boy version of Achilles. And I'm already sick of seeing Orlando Bloom in every single "blockbuster" movie.

But the CGI battle and ship scenes were great, Peter O'Toole's performance as Priam was masterful, and the guy who played Agamemnon cracked me up every time he was on the screen.

So a mixed bag. Not horrible, but much less than it could have been. Silly as it was, I think I liked Van Helsing better.

[mel]

I thought Pitt was absolutely terrible. That pretentious pout he had thoughout the movie was distracting. And his real life persona kept coming thru to me, that told me he wasn't that good when I kept thinking of him and his stupid wife.