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zombie84 said: It reminds me of two films that have a very similar colour pallete, environment, and technological time period. Which is Troy, and Kingdom of Heaven. When you compare the special effects, the costumes and the set design, Troy looks like an extended version of Xena, or some made-for-TV movie while Kingdom of Heaven looks like it could have been a documentary in its level of realism, even though they both were made in almost the exact same year.
I think that is incredibly harsh to compare Troy to an extended version of Xena or a made-for-TV-movie. While I agree that costume design was better on Kingdom of Heaven, it was certainly not poor on Troy, which was why it was Academy Award nominated for best costume design. Kingdom of Heaven's production certainly did have that gritty Ridley Scott realism, but it is hard for a film that is set in a mythical era to strike a balance between realism and fantasy, and I think Troy struck that balance really well.