Seen the movie yet? It's good. But the question I have is there any proof the Trojan War? If so, how massive do experts think the real war was compared to Homer's description?

haha did you watch daily planet on discovery channel yesterday? An archeologist at the university of Cincinnati talked about the real Troy and flaws in this fictious movie.
There were a number of interesting flaws in the story he pointed out, I do not remember all. He asked how could they have put coins on the eyes of the dead since they have not developed the concept of coinage at that time. haha neat... He said that there are many scenes of gold in the movie, which would be unlikely in the late Bronze Age. Furthermore, he said based on evidence the Trojan War was most likely started because of money and power, not because of a woman.
There is not much evidence supporting the existence of Troy and Achilles and Helen.

well if the finds made in Turkey (forget the archeologists name now) are really Troy then it's population was no bigger than about 1000 inhabitants. Homer undoubtedly embellished alot(if the basic story has any truth to it) the greek city states were not established enough or big enough to support a 10 year siege so far from home ( according to what I have read). If anyone has any suggested historical reading on the subject please tell

This site has some info:

http://library.thinkquest.org/3011/troy.htm?tqskip1=1

Another site with good info
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2004/troy.shtml

Herodotus mentions Troy several times.

Is he a credible source, though?

Historically, nothing about the account of Troy stands up.

I remember reading that it was in reality a trade war.

Q&A from the BBC site:
www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2004/troyqa.shtml