Troy

[wiseheart]

Yep, finally got around to see the movie on Hungarian TV. Gah, was it bad. Not necessarily because of the differences to mythology - honestly, I didn't miss the stupid gods who manipulated the life of men like chess pieces. And Sean Bean as Odysseus was great. I even liked Orlando Bloom as Paris - a lot more than as Legolas, to be perfectly honest. And I absolutely loved Hector, whoever the actor was who played him.

But, oh God, Brad Pitt!!! The quintessence of godawfulness on two legs. Not only did he look like a complete moron, he couldn't act a bit, either.

Now, I readily admit that I'm biased - I hate that guy with the passion of a thousand burning suns. I haven't seen him in one thing where I could have endured him. But as Achilleus, he truly reached a new level of badness.

Feel free to throw rotten tomatoes at me. *g*

Comments

[ajmckay.livejournal.com]

You've put everything I thought of this movie in almost the exact same way I did. I didn't think Bloom was bad as Paris, because I always saw Paris is a self-centered brat. Sean Bean and Eric Bana (Hector) are usually always good no matter what they did, but casting Brad Pitt still makes me cry.

The movie had Hollywood's fingers all over it and not in a good way.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Some great actors - like Sean Bean and Peter O'Toole, as I've never seen Eric Bana before - were really wasted in this movie.

And I couldn't help but howl with laughter every time I saw Brad Pitt's horrible hairdo. That fact took out much of the drama for me. *g*