Troy (2004)

I actually liked that they did the duel with only 2... but expected more from the fight. But have to agree, some of the butts we saw were definitly not needed.

and it's good to see at least someone liked Helen 😂

Yeah, we didn't saw many battles what you could expect from a huge war-movie (which it should be),... they could have shown more from the archers or something, just a few battles more to show that they actually NEEDED the horse-trick to win, now it seemed just a trick to finish off early.

BTW, that random little kid you talk about, name was Aeneas, the geezer that will be responsible to flee to Italy, his offspring will create Rome. And yes, they could have done more with that too

They put in Aeneas as a kid?????!

He survived a fight with Achilles in the original! GAH!!!!!!!!!

And he was also Hector's cousin. Is some street kid in the film REALLY meant to be Aeneas? 'cos although I don't mind it only being inpsired by the Iliad, that wqould hurt me... I am rather big on the Aeneid...

Indeed Ush, some kid off the street.

they were in the middle of the fleeing when they realised they had to get someone named Aeneas in it, yes
he's a kid, never got screentime before

i saw troy 2day it was amazing! but i wanna no wot actually happened cos im told they changed the story alot so someone tell me wots supposed to happen! pls..

read the book

Hahahaha!

You are all going to tell me that this Aeneas=kid thing is a big joke soon, yeah?

Yeah?

*a huge mexican ball-thingie you see in westerns rolls by*
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it's not

Now, I am going top give you one more chance to reveal just how big a joke this is... having a big alugh with the big thicko from England... well, you got me, I believed it, so you can tell me it's not true now...

hey, I can use a sledgehammer to ram it into you next time 😈

Have they ever found troy??
I heard that they found a place with a different name that might have been the original troy, but im not sure if that was the real city.

yes, Schliemann found a place that could well be troy; but they are unsure which layer could be best suited to be "that" troy

Originally posted by boxofdeath2.0
This movie sucked and blew at the same time.

Oh how i wanted Orlando Bloom to die. That might be the most annoying character in the history of movies. Everytime he would talk, I just wanted to shoot myself. Now all you Bloom lovers out there, I'm not saying he's a bad actor (which he is), I'm saying his character and his dialogue were absolutely horrendous. He was like the little mosquito that keeps biting you that you just cant seem to kill.

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I hate Orlando Bloom now. It was annoying before how all the girls flocked for him, but now I see that he can't act. He has no versitality. LOTR, POTC, Troy... HE PLAYS THE SAME CHARACTER IN ALL OF THEM!
On a different note, they had the same conversations over and over. It really got boring. There was about 10 different "I will not fight for him" scenes. The king gave the same speech about power everytime (btw: I don't think he had the right accent for the part).

Originally posted by Kes
He doesnt. But should have.

they do actually refer to gods a decent bit they even plan an attack soly on signs of gods

yeah, that attack on the temple of Apollo, and the king talking about Apollo defending them but later on, they don't talk about it anymore.

erm.... quiball... they do the trick with the horse, that was in the book 😄

the attack of the horses was in the poem...the Aeneid, i think. if i got any of my facts wrong here, i'm sorry, i haven't brushed up on my mythology for quite a while. But the mentioning of gods is not really enough since the whole war thing should have been based on the gods' vanity and competitiveness. they appeared in front of Paris and everything, so i really don't think just mentioning them should have been enought

I'm gonna see this tomarow!

Saw it today. Great film.

One question for all those wishing Orlando Bloom (Paris) to die.

Spoiler:
Wouldn't he have died anyways, just not on screen? Troy fell, I don't think he took the escape passage. The Greeks would've killed him anyway, right?

Originally posted by boxofdeath2.0
-Orlando Bloom and Helen (I forget the actress' name) are about to get it on! Alright! This girl is hot!! I'm pumped!! Wrong. Do we get to see any gratuitous ****? I think not! Actually, I'm surprised Brad Pitt didnt bust into the scene to show us his ass.
-Brad Pitt's wandering around on the beach, wondering if he should go fight in Troy. Oh, look, a hot beach whore in the distance! Wrong. It's his mom.

If these were crucial letdowns from seeing the movie, I think the movie you're looking for is on in about 3 hours or so (2AM) on Skinemax.