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*

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[crowdaughter.livejournal.com]

...well, I like Orlando Bloom as Legolas much better than as Paris, because in the latter role he was *nothing* but an irresponsible Toy-Boy, especially since they left out the gods and the judgment of Paris, and any relations to fate. And since I do not hate Brad Pitt, I could also live with that.

What bothered me was the fact that all of a sudden, the whole war seems to last only a few weeks, at best... *if* so long. Huh? Hadn't there been a few years of siege, first? And where was Cassandra? Or the whole Artreidean legend? I want Agamemmnon slain at home by Klytemnestra, his dear wife! I always rooted for the woman, after all!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you about Klytemnestra. That woman really rocked. What a shame that her children felt their "sacred" duty to kill her because of their bastard of a father. But that's patriarchal society for you.

I admit that at first I've mistaken Briseis for Cassandra. My mythology knowledge has become really rusty since I switched from Ancient times to the Middle Ages due to heavy Tolkien infatuation. *g*

Perhaps it helped me that I've heard so many bad things about the movie, that I decided to see it as an independent piece of fantasy rather than anything related to Greek mythology. But even so, it was fairly bad in my eyes. Although Orlando was a lot prettier with his natural dark hair (again, for me).

[crowdaughter.livejournal.com]

Although Orlando was a lot prettier with his natural dark hair (again, for me).

Well, I like the wig, especially on my Elf. ;) But I like him with his own dark hair, too. Did you see him in Kingdom of Heaven and in Elizabethtown? Yum! And he learned to act, in the meantime; as bad as critics said that Elizabethtown was, I liked him there.

I also liked him in the last part of POTC, where he had some real charisma. That guy needed to get a few years of experience and age under his belt before he could be more than just mostly pretty; but in the end, he managed.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I've had Kingdom of Heaven waiting on my shelf for years by now, always waiting for the right time to watch it. Apparently, that right time still hasn't come yet - I don't know why.

I saw the first part of POTC, but frankly, I found the movie not half as good as other people. It was too silly for my taste. But I'm a person of weird tastes, so it probably doesn't say anything.