07-23-2007, 02:34 AM | #1 |
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Troy
My favorite part of this movie is when Achilles (Brad Pitt) screams for Hector outside Troy's gate.
Fabulous movie
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It bugs me how the film tried to show the entire Trojan War, from the abduction of Helen to the Horse. The entire Iliad covers only 50-something days. Can't we get the movie in installments or something?
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07-23-2007, 04:05 AM | #3 |
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Would I hate watching it? I haven't seen it yet-- it came out while I was on my mission.
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I liked the part when Achilles' cousin thought he was ready to do battle and gets a can of whoop-ass opened on him by Hector and everyone thought Hector had just killed Achilles.
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You'd like it, as long as you're not too much of a purist going in. There's a lot of good social history in there (costumes, ships, etc.) - The women of Troy wear jewelry modeled on "Priam's Treasure" found by Schliemann, etc. It departs pretty radically from the epic, and there aren't really any gods (Thetis is a little ambiguous - it shows her in the water), and there's this ridiculous love thing going on with Achilles and Briseis, but I really think it captures THE RAGE of Achilles. I show about 10 minutes to my Greek Civ class.
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I thought it had some of the worst dialog of any high budget film I've seen.
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08-03-2007, 04:01 AM | #7 |
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Star Wars?
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Right on par with both of those.
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08-03-2007, 05:58 AM | #10 |
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Wow.
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