] doing the things they were doing? There were lame attempts to
] explain why Achilles and Odyseus were there fighting in this
] war against Troy for a king they disliked, but they didn't add
] up. Just WHY Helen defected to Troy, but they were
] superficial and unbelievable.

So how close to the myth is the movie? As someone who took Latin for 4 years, I like it when movies try to stay true to the roots.

Do they talk about the golden apple of discord? How much about Paris and his choice to give the golden apple and thus causing the war? Do they talk about how and why the gods took sides? Any sign of Aeneas and his flight from Troy? Does Hector do anything other than be a bad ass? You son didn't know why King Priam ordered the brought the horse in; did they not show the Laocoon eaten by sea snakes for saying to refuse the horse?

The History of the Trojan war is quite cool.
http://www.kultur.gov.tr/portal/arkeoloji_en.asp?belgeno=814

RE: Review - Troy