Troy

Hi guys...just a touchline on the movie Troy...saw this movie yesterday and simply loved it..Had to write about it and recomend it... You will like this more if you are aware of the Trojan war epic and can identify with the heroes Hector, Achilles etc...

The movie is about the trojan war that was fought when the prince of troy Paris elopes with Helen, Queen of Sparta and wife of Menealus who is also the brother of Argememon, the emperor of Greece who controls all the small kings in that region...

The greeks consider this as a jolt to their honor, group together and launch an unprecedented massive attack on Troy...with a fleet of 1000 ships, they set to conquer Troy which has never before been conquered considered to be blessed by Apollo, the sun god.....Troy, long considered impenetrable is led by their prince Hector their able general and the best in Troy...He is the elder brother of Paris...

Greeks are aided by Achilles undisputedly the best warrior ever.
The war scenes are well shot on a very large scale...$175million were spent in the making of this movie..

Brad Pitt as Achilles and Eric Bana as Hector shine as the main characters...

Brad pitt as Achilles is a bold move..I almost laughed seeing his long blonde hair.....Him as Achilles seemed a joke initially, but he soon fits the character and gives the character ample charisma and style..

Achilles is kind of the antihero...He doesnt fight for his country...He has differences with Argememon and follows his own method of fighting..He is more of an independent mercenary fighting for Greek than someone fighting under the Greek King...Achilles is the arrogant but able character who knows he is the best there is...his is a truly powerful character and the leading light of this movie...But wait, he's not the sympathetic center of the piece. That position will go to prince of Troy,Hector played by Eric Bana, who brings extraordinary conviction and impressive nobility to his role as son, elder brother, city protector, husband, father and martial tactician.

He is as complex as all the roles he fulfills in the movie and fully fits the rich portrait of a hero with controlled emotions and cool reason. Our involvement in this film rests heavily in our regard for his values, his awareness and his strength of character.

Brad Pitt as Achilles gets some memorable dialogues...

Achilles : "Don't waste your life following some fool's orders";

Achilles : "I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed";

Argememon to Achilles :"History remembers Kings, not soldiers";

Achilles :"War is young men dying and old men talking."

Achilles telling Hector "You must be really stupid or very brave to come alone and face me"

Achilles roaring to Hector "You will roam the underworld with no ears, no eyes no tongue so the dead will recognize you as Hector and say Look theres Hector the fool who thought he killed Achilles".

^ Wonderful movie - must watch.

Great review Vij - though you did not submit it formally as a review - excellent review nonetheless.

Hoping to see more reviews from your side

awesome movie man.. i love the war epics.. and none greater then troy..

i personally felt. eric bana`s character in the movie really kept the balance of the movie right, or else there was too much charisma oozing out of achilles..

great review though

The movie was amazing !!!

A tad long but it was ok ....

And Hector was the true hero of the Trojan War if you ask me...... And Eric Bana as Hector was simply PHENOMENAL !!! I cant use enough words to describe him.....

And Orlando Bloom as Paris was also good.... He played the weakling who becomes courageous perfectly

Brad Pitt was also amazing !!! But for me, the movie was all abt Hector !!

^^ Have to agree with ya 100%. Awesome movie.

eric banna was really awesome in that movie, after this movie i saw Munich where he did a great job.

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Me too liked it a lot. Seen it about more than a year ago @Prasads HYD.

Yeah great movie but it didnt follow the story in entirety...
Patrocles whom Hector killed was not Achilles cousin, but his best friend...
Patrocles wearing Achilles' armour ripped the Trojan army solely riding on the fear and awe that Achilles armour generated until he was felled by Hector...

Another main deviance was that Hector didnt just kill Patrcoles, Hector actually mutilated Patrocles body beyond recognition when he found out that the greeks used Achilles "Fear Factor" to cause commotion in Trojan ranks..He also rips Achilles armour and take its home...Its the half naked mutilated body of his best friend that actually enrages Achilles who then rejoins the Trojan war, his difference with the Greek emperor, Argememon not withstanding...Achilles had to get a new armour to fight the rest of the war...

But ofcourse in general the characters of the 2 heroes where aptly shown...Achilles as the selfcentered, sometimes noble but always arrogant warrior whos destined never to lose in a battle and Hector, the great leader and price of Troy...

Awesome Movie, gets depressing at times when u get involved with the movie, very bloody as well, I never really admired brad pitt before i saw this movie & ever since he is one of my fav actors. Stunning movie, Rocks Totally!! I hate the character of Paris.. Darn how dare he kill achiles!!!!!!!!

lol...Paris was wrong in lot of ways...also call selfish...
But he was smart not to challenge Achilles in a battle as he was destined by Lord Zeus to never lose in a just battle due to injuries to any part of his body other than his heel and so the term "Achilles Heel"...and Paris shot was right on the money....Paris knew he had no chance in a one-one close battle, long range shot was his only chance...
Achilles was dipped in the river styx by his mother and she held him by the heel.

i woudl give this movie an 8.7/10.
Extremely well made.