06-16-2004, 12:40 PM
ok, here's my thinking behind troy:
yes, they did write the gods out of the movie, but imagine if they didn't. the opening scene of the movie would have been all of the gods sitting around having a feast, and one of them getting jealous because they weren't popular enough to get invited. blah. it would have been corny and transparent. with the gods, there would be far less subtlety. i'm sure it's just the trend lately, but they tried to take a fantastic tradgedy and turn it into something that could have happened in reality. and during the credits, they claimed only to have been "inspired" by the Iliad. they were prone to cut scenes out.
what made me most upset was the fact that they added characters for heterosexual sex scenes, and mangled other characters to get rid of the homosexual sex scenes. sorry, but according to the iliad, achilles didn't make love to anyone but patroclus, who in the movie transformed from his lover, to his beloved cousin. how viciously american.
all in all, it was a good break from the story that's told all over the place, and much more exciting. great choreography, that is. the only thing i fear is that they obviously left the box offices open for at least two more sequels, when they blatantly dwadle over Odysseus' character, and when Paris (who by the end of the movie ends up suddenly heroic) gives the "trojan sword" to Aeneas, who will spawn his own epic poem involving the foundation of Rome. wait til next year, kiddies. just you wait and see.
yes, they did write the gods out of the movie, but imagine if they didn't. the opening scene of the movie would have been all of the gods sitting around having a feast, and one of them getting jealous because they weren't popular enough to get invited. blah. it would have been corny and transparent. with the gods, there would be far less subtlety. i'm sure it's just the trend lately, but they tried to take a fantastic tradgedy and turn it into something that could have happened in reality. and during the credits, they claimed only to have been "inspired" by the Iliad. they were prone to cut scenes out.
what made me most upset was the fact that they added characters for heterosexual sex scenes, and mangled other characters to get rid of the homosexual sex scenes. sorry, but according to the iliad, achilles didn't make love to anyone but patroclus, who in the movie transformed from his lover, to his beloved cousin. how viciously american.
all in all, it was a good break from the story that's told all over the place, and much more exciting. great choreography, that is. the only thing i fear is that they obviously left the box offices open for at least two more sequels, when they blatantly dwadle over Odysseus' character, and when Paris (who by the end of the movie ends up suddenly heroic) gives the "trojan sword" to Aeneas, who will spawn his own epic poem involving the foundation of Rome. wait til next year, kiddies. just you wait and see.