Saw it last night, and had that conversation with the family this morning. We decided that both movies were great in their own right. Gladiator was a hero's fictional story. Troy is a war movie about the machinations of war and the characters caught up in it. I would almost have rathered shorter fight scenes, to deal more with the conflict between the characters.
I don't know why it's rated R in the states. Up here it was 14A with the most nudity being Brad naked down to the lower hairline, which is nothing new. Guess I'l have to wait for the DVD director's cut.
