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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[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Some women have a thing for boys. Other women have a thing for men - which is the basic difference, I think.

I'm not a movie-goer myself, so I only get to see them when they finally hit German or Hungarian TV. For Troy, it wouldn't have been worth the ticket price, I think.

Sean Bean rocks. He was great in everything I've seen him so far (we'll gracefully forget about Lady Chatterley, which was not his fault). And Márton Csókás (he's actually a Hungarian and proud of it, and we're ready to bask in reflected honour, hehehe) is an interesting actor. He was completely miscast as Celeborn, IMO, but he's an interesting one.