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

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I felt the same about Troy, Brad Pitt ruined it !

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What little there was to ruin anyway. The Agamemnon character was pretty annoying, too. I felt so cheated that his wife didn't get to slay him in the bath!

Paris didn't bother me so much, mostly because I've already hated the character in mythology, so there wasn't much room for improvement in the hatred factor anyway.