i forgot to say:
In Troy, I especially loved the part when Achilles is telling the woman (Perseas? Chryseas?) that the gods envy men because they're mortal and "everything's more beautiful because we're doomed".

I should go read the Iliad. It's another of those books that I have but can never bring myself to touch. Maybe if I read it I can make a more intelligent commentary on the movie. Although I don't fancy super-intellectual showoffism much. It was an enjoyable movie, and it was "inspired" by the Iliad, and with that sort of scale, it's got to be commercialised a little bit. LOTR was, and so are most book to movie adaptations. I hate when people get so anal about stuff.

I want to watch Troy again!