[PzLdr]

Aside from the fact "Troy" stood Homer on his ear- Menelaus dies in the movie, survived in the book, Achilles died before the Trojan Horse, not after, Ajax survived the siege-died shortly afterwords, Agamemnon was killed by his wife when he got home, not by some Trojan chiquita in the smoldering ruins,aside from the fact that Brad Pitt confused the Homerian description of Achilles "sulking" for the Achaen Greek word for "pouting", and despite the fact that the Greeks at Troy did not engage in hoplite/phalanx warfare, and that Homer's siege lasted ten years, not ten days- it wasn't bad.

[LisaMalia]

I'll take that as a "two thumbs down"!

[rpgdfmx]

Not to mention turning Patrilicus and Achillis into .... what, fraternity brothers? C'mon, that's not the Homer I learned.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Let's not forget the god were no where to be found neatly removing the fact that Troy was actually a war fought between the gods using human proxies.

I love sword and sandals movies, why is no one able to make them anymore?

[okie01]

Aside from the fact "Troy" stood Homer on his ear- Menelaus dies in the movie, survived in the book, Achilles died before the Trojan Horse, not after, Ajax survived the siege-died shortly afterwords, Agamemnon was killed by his wife when he got home, not by some Trojan chiquita in the smoldering ruins,aside from the fact that Brad Pitt confused the Homerian description of Achilles "sulking" for the Achaen Greek word for "pouting", and despite the fact that the Greeks at Troy did not engage in hoplite/phalanx warfare, and that Homer's siege lasted ten years, not ten days- it wasn't bad.

The Iliad survives as a recognized classic for millenia.

But, somehow, the story isn't good enough for Hollywood...

Betcha The Iliad still goes on to outlast "Troy".