With qualms about the non-traditional events in and timeline of Wolfgang Petersen's "Troy," I found the major actors suitably heroic. Read more:
Troy Movie Review
Briseis - the Movie vs. the Legend
Did Briseis Kill Agamemnon?
Did Hector Kill Menelaus?
Did Hector Kill Ajax?
Was Achilles in the Trojan Horse?
Iliad Book I Who? What? Where?
Achilles' Myrmidons
Archaeology Magazine finds fault with the unnecessarily high walls of Troy and other aspects of the movie.
NPR Review says the movie was not true to the spirit of Homer because it focuses on the war instead of the wrath of Achilles.