Verbal Kent

I think you were a little bit hard on the dialogue and script, true alot of it didn't ring quite right - I guess you'd say it wasn't conversational, but for all we know that's how people talked back then. Awkwardly and constantly saying silly things.

x

I saw this movie and I absolutley loved it!

Gimli

Adam, I enjoyed your review of Troy, but it begged a question. Do you thing the battle sequences in Troy are more stunning than Helms Deep or the ones in Return of the King?

Bill Wasserman

Do you thing Brad Pitt's performance in Troy should have an asterik put next to it - since it's obvious that he has taken performance enhancing substances?

Adam

Bill,

I think you may be on to something.

Gimli,

I figured someone would probably call me on the whole "The Lord of the Rings" thing. Truth be told, The Lord of the Rings series is in a league of it's own. I also thought the battles in Braveheart were pretty breathtaking. Still, Troy offers up some truly amazing battles of it's own. Wolfgang Peterson reallly excels at this sort of thing, and I think this is his best picture in quite some time.

Verbal Kent,

True, maybe people did talk like that, but I seriously doubt it. I think it's just poor writing. Gladiator had superior dialogue.

Nick

I can only agree with your review!

Brasky

You guys have a cool sight - I check it out pretty regularlly I love those picture captions - you should have a contests to see if people could think up funnier ones. Mine is a little more filthy but if I was going to make up one for that picture - I probably would have gone with something like "Brad Pitt takes his turn with the Trojan Whore." I could do better than that - but it's be fun to take you on. I was going to give you a little bit of crap for the fruity way you described Brad Pitt, but let's face it - the guy's hot.

Brenda Lynch

Troy is like something a young woman might concoct in a wet dream - Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom whoever cast this thing pretty much hit the bullseye. And I mean the bull's Eye.

Bi-George

I'm not 100% certain but I think this movie might have turned me gay. Helen was only the third of fourth best looking actor in the film. Help me.

Massy

I'd have to say in the overall scope and stunning numbers that Troy edges out any of the battle scenes in LOTR - I won't be giving my E-mail out.

Gay dude

Okay so there you have it, I;m gay - big deal right? From a gay standpoint I just wanted to mention that the film would have more accurately been titled Troy of Helen.

Gay Dude

P.S. Another perfect name for this film would have been Peter O'Toole.

Anna

Troy's a Breath-taking movie, in fact I took alot of Breaths over BRAD PITT. He's the Man!

Anna

Laura, 13 years old

Despite the things others have said about Orlando Bloom's performance in Troy, I personally believe he pulled off his role as Paris quite spectacularly. He is, without a doubt, a wonderful actor. In my perspective, the attraction between Paris and Helen was beyond believable,as well as meaningful and emotional. For those who believe their attraction was lacking in emotion, please recall when Paris recited this touching and beautiful line to his love, "Men will hunt us and the Gods will curse us, but I'll love you. Until the day they burn my body I will love you." And along with the exquisite emotion found in his eyes and face, this line brought me to tears. If you can't see the true attraction between the two, then either you are blind, deaf, or have something against emotional pretty boys. And as for the script, I thought it fit everything about the movie like a glove. I was glad there was a bit of comic relief in the script to balance the film, like when Achilles smarts off to Hector and says something like, "Go ask your brother. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives." I also want to commend Brad Pitt's performance. It was so awesome, I have no good words to perfectly describe it. And to see the two hottest men alive in the same movie (Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt), that just made my day. But the way an actor looks does not affect my opinion on their performance. Eric Bana's performance was riveting, although I don't find him physically attractive, even though he and Orlando are related in the film. However, they do share a few similar physical traits. All in all, I give Troy a perfect 10. It was the best movie that I've seen in a long time, altough I haven't seen many movies because of my age, but I believe I gave a good review on this movie. I would encourage everybody to go see it if you haven't, because you're missing out. This movie, among others, has inspired me to someday become an actress myself. Email me if you want to! Thanks, Laura R.

Adam

Hi Laura,

Thank you for reading our site. As for Orlando Bloom, I quite like him. He was just fine in Pirates of the Carribean and I thought he was terrific in the Lord of the Rings series. I'm certainly not suggesting that I hate pretty boys. I just felt that Troy ditches the scenario that really sets the entire chain of events in motion. Most of what happens in this story happens as a result of Paris and Helen's love affair, and in this take on Troy, this element of the plot plays like an afterthought when it should have been the driving force of the movie. This is a near three hour film, and certainly they should have dedicated more time to this portion of the plot. I really didn't think that Bloom was that special here. I personally didn't buy into the relationship factor. I did enjoy Brad Pitt while most others I've talked to didn't think he pulled it off. I like his arrogance and I loved that he was bigger than life. Eric Bana is a terrific actor and clearly, his character has the most depth in the entire movie. In the end, I really enjoyed Troy, but I didn't find it profound in the same way as say-Braveheart. This was a fun movie but I wouldn't call it a great one. But, of course, we all have our own opinion and that's what makes the world go round. Again, thanks for hitting our site.

Stacey

I saw this movie the weekend it came out and I do admit that at first it was because of Orlando Bloom (Paris) and Brad Pitt (Achilles), but once it started I began to get into the story and eventually I looked past the stunning men to see that this movie was incredibly good. It was touching and at one point brought me to tears. I liked it so much I saw it again. I would recomend it to anyone who wants to see it because it is an excelent movie.

Bob

I thought your little caption up there was funny - but after reading your remarks about Brad Pitt, I don't think birth control is ever going to be your problem.

Homer Symptoms

Troy, I suppose is, in general, an acceptable compromise between Homer and Hollywood.

It is understandable that for an American audience, it was necessary for Patroclus to be Achilles' "cousin", rather than his lover. Also, to prevent the story from dragging on and on past an American's attention span, it was necessary to show the conflict as lasting less than a month, rather than the ten years of the Illiad.

As Adam mentioned, I think the greatest variance from the classical text had to be the complete absence of the gods (who according to Homer, played a VERY ACTIVE/MEDDLESOME role in the conflict).

This absence of divine intervention is also pointed to in Achilles' death scene (according to Homer, as an infant, Achilles was dipped by his mother in the waters of the river Styx, which rendered his skin impervious to harm, the only part of his body not so rendered being the heel by which he was held--hence the term 'Achilles' Heel) Hence, Paris would not have been able to 'pincushion' Achilles as he did in the movie. In the Illiad, I believe that it was a poisoned arrow which Paris loosed, striking Achilles in the heel, and killing him.

As a piece of cinema however, I was very satisfied with the results. The cast was very good, especially Eric Bana as Hector. Sean Bean was excellent as Odysseus, as was Peter O'Toole as Priam.

The climactic fight scene between Achilles and Hector was very well done as well. Thumbs pretty much up

To last respondant

If you're realism - it would have been rather interesting to see Brad Pitt shagging 15-year-old boys. In a situation where you expect to be killed you only live to 40 anyway if you got to war you're away from your wife for at least a couple of years - gay relationship were actively encouraged to build firm bonds of comradeship between soldiers. Maybe Homer's name was really Homo and has been mistranslated for years.

Homero

You're right, that would have been interesting, to have seen such acts of historical accuracy, I'm all for accuracy. I'm also all for Brad Pitt who was great. And so was his ass!! I've never seen so many hot men in my life! Moving on, did you notice Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund), he was great too. I think he's really going to make it big. He made it big for me. Sorry but this film is like a smorgasborg if you like to look at hunks with junk.

Agreed

I agree with your assessment of Orlando Bloom in Troy, but I don't care because he is a total hottie. I think he was realy good in Pirates of The Carribbean.

rusty

I hear it loud and clear, "Orlando Bloom is a pussy!" Come on the whole movie is about Hector and Achilles. The movie moves toward the best fight scene I've scene sense Gladiator. Brad Pitt more than fills

Achilles shoes and Eric Bana is perfect as the troubled Hector. If I was Hector I would have thrown Paris "the wimp" and Helen "the whore" over the boat in the beginning and gone home to my more than beautiful wife. Brad Pitts training and fighting scenes are amazing. Look at him in Troy then watch Kalifornia, Wow............

Iliana Muniz

I don't remember there being any horses or battles of anything, was there a story of something?

Becca

Troy was a movie that i will never forget. The movie portrayed the Greek tragedy with such passion as well as adding the familiar love scences in all the right places. Brad Pitt did an amazing job as playing the warlord Achillies. You can hate greek mythology and still love the movie. It is the best movie i have seen in a really long time.

Laura Sparks

I think the movie troy rocked.It has the HOTTEST actors.

i luv troy

I loved the movie troy it was so0o dam sexy.....orlando bloom n brad pit in one move ....to0o dam sexy

jude

Troy Movie Review:

Troy is an epic on a major scale. As directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, Air Force One), this massive production does deliver the big time battle sequences that the trailers showcase, but unfortunately, the mightiest fortress cannot stop the silly and melodramatic dialogue from leaking through the cracks.

Based in part on Homer's Iliad, Troy is the name of the city that would ultimately fall under attack by way of the famed Trojan Horse. The film is a sprawling epic featuring battles, romance and a stunning bout between legendary warriors' Achilles and Hector, two soldiers fighting for vastly different causes.

Wolfgang Petersen is a true showman and spares no expense re-creating some truly spectacular battle sequences. The richness and scope of the imagery on display in this film is as breathtaking as anything we've seen before. Thousands of boats at sea, huge fortresses falling under attack by legions of soldiers, and amazing one-on-one combat sequences, provide a kind of excitement that we rarely see in movies these days.

If only David Benioff's script matched the stunning visual power of this picture. Unfortunately, Troy (the movie) is defeated by it's own horribly stilted screenplay and underdeveloped love stories. I never really bought into the relationship between Paris and Helen. This relationship is historically painted as the chief motivation behind the Trojan War, but it doesn't translate in this adaptation as effectively as it should.

Troy doesn't have much of an emotional center either. Hector has some depth and Achilles has a moment toward the end of the picture where he appears to have a heart, but for the most part, this film is about politics, power and battle. Also missing is the presence of the Gods which were so prominent in pictures like Clash of the Titans. Here they are merely mentioned in passing, which certainly short-changes the mythical possibilities the script might have profited from.

The performances in Troy are to be commended, for it would be nearly impossible for most actors to utter some of this dialogue and keep a straight face. You have to hand it to this cast for doing a more than competent job with what they had to work with.

I had feared Brad Pitt would be too modern to pull-off the role of Achilles (a complaint that many had with Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai). Well, he does pull it off and, in fact is the perfect embodiment of the arrogant and unstoppable Achillies (a man who fights on his own terms). Pitt literally looks 3 dimensional with a physical performance that is LARGER THAN LIFE! Of course, it helps that Peterson knows how to shoot this amazing specimen of a man. Pitt beefed-up and quit smoking for this intense, physically demanding role, and the hard work has paid off. At the screening I attended, I could hear women purring with delight every time this Adonis appeared on screen, while the men in the audience were perfectly content to watch him rip his enemies apart.

Eric Bana keeps the film grounded in reality as the honorable family man Hector. While certainly tough, it is his vulnerable side that is most appealing. His big brawl with Brad Pitt is a stunner, and when this particular sequence came to a close, it was emotionally satisfying.

Brian Cox is outstanding as power hungry King Agamemnon. He excels here playing that kind of villain you really want to hiss at. And what a pleasure it was to see veteran Peter O'Toole up there on the screen. He's quiet and heartbreaking as the unassuming King of Troy. There is a beautiful scene between he and Pitt, and it is, perhaps, my favorite sequence in the picture.

Orlando Bloom doesn't fare as well as Paris. He is a fine actor but comes across as a mere pretty boy here, and I couldn't see the attraction between he and Helen. This weakens the film because it's essentially this circumstance that is the major premise that sets the whole chain of events into motion.

James Horner's music also hurts the film. It's not one of his better scores, which is quite surprising, because the composer usually excels when dealing with movies that feature huge battles (he scored Braveheart and Glory). Here, the music is far too intrusive, and Achilles' main theme is cheesy beyond belief.

Troy is a big spectacle, and it works on that level. It succeeds where the recent Alamo failed, in that Peterson is much more capable with battle sequences than John Lee Hancock. But in terms of relevance, I had a similar reaction to Troy. I really didn't find myself rooting for either side in this entire bloody war. It was really hard to find someone to root for. It's in this particular area that Ridley Scott's Gladiator got it right. Maximus was a hero worth siding with.

Troy is a visual stunner, there's no doubt about it. And for those going in to see Brad Pitt strut his stuff, you probably won't be disappointed. I only wish this Troy had a screenplay that measured up to it's visual splendor. This was a good movie, but I was hoping for greatness.