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

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Above and beyond the Hollywoodised removal of much of the story, the single worst thing about Troy was Brad Pitt.
I thought the rest of them did really well within the constraints of the script.

p.s. Brad Pitt was awful, did I mention that? This was the first movie I'd seen him in since 7even (or whatever it is), and I would continue to treat him as much of a Reason To Not See A Movie as I do Tom Cruise. Actually, I saw Ocean's Eleven, but I phased him out (and didn't like it anyway).

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I don't have a clue why the guy is so insanely popular. I mean, he has the face of an overgrown (and somewhat... strange) baby, he can't act, and he's really, really annoying.

At least for me. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings who likes him, but he could make me crawl out of my own hide. Just like Tom Cruise.