Originally posted by Lord_Andres
Thats where your wrong fire, Brad Pitt was great as Achilles, amazing acturly, those moves and all very good, also Eric Bana did very good, if you didint see that its your problem, Peter the tool guy also did well (as usual)
You do know tastes can differ? There is no right or wrong on such a case
If you had read all my posts in this thread you would have noticed I talked about Bloom and Pitt as being badly casted, which I still think. IMO Pitt sucked in that movie. Bana and Peter O'tool were casted very well, but I don't consider them the main actors
I haven't seen Alexander either but most people said it wasn't very good. I like Troy myself I thought it was really good! I didn't realise it was a flop in America (well that's what I've read) I thought it was good! And I know tastes can differ but I still thought it wouldn't be a flop! I thought Brad Pitt played Achilles well too even though I don't really like him that much so that's saying something lol. I thought Eric Bana was really cool as Hector aswell 😄
alexander was a better made film.. the fact is that a lot of people may not find it entertaining, and since they thought it was borring think its a crappy made movie.. troy was definantly more for the action fan and a lot of people may of found it to be more enjoyable to watch but alexander was a far better made film. IMO
never liked either that much...most of the actors performed way below their abilities...especially brian cox in troy
i did like the stabbing in the neck scene from troy though...that was cool
and wasnt baz luhrmann supposed to be doing an alexander the great film as well...with leo di caprio in the lead and mel gibson as his father and nicole kidman as his mother
Both films sucked.
Troy had moments, usually when eric bana or peter otoole were in a scene. People say Pitt was great, but I thought he did a poor job of representing the character of Achilles. Orlando Bloom has no place in movies, his acting is third rate at best.
Alexander was fluff, I don't think the casting of the movie was well thought out except for Jolie. And it would have helped if Oliver Stone tried to "tell" the story of Alexander instead of "reimagining" the story of Alexander.
baz luhrmann is now going ahead with his portrayal of alexander. Originally it was shelved due to the cold response to stone's version, but once the higher ups saw the story and plot of baz's epic, they decided to go ahead with it. Luhrmann is shaping his movie around the Alexander trilogy written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi. If you Haven't read it do so, those books have become a big favourite of mine. It should be a great movie. I am also looking forward to Hannibal.
I agree with snakeEyes, Alexander was pretty bad. And all this talk about being historically correct, you have to realize that Troy was based on the Iliad by homer which was written several hundered years after the actual events so the story of Troy was at a disadvantage, historically, to begin with. Despite that i still tought Troy was much better. The Action was better and there was more of it. I also disagree with the fact that people thuink that Troy was miscast but i supose there are such things as different tastes.
well troy was at a disadvantage because there is not historical truth behind the trojan war its pretty much all myth.. and they could have easily followed homers story and it would of been way easier then alexander but they choose to change many things around that never occured in any version of any story about the trojan war
WTF ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT!!?? Alexander blowed shit!! I can't believe I spent ten bucks to sit through the theater for 3 hours watching a cock of bull shit. Now, Troy did have its flaws, but it was like five stars better compared to Alexander. I mean, Angelina Jolie playing Colin Farrell's mother while she is one year his senior??!! Give me something believeable, Jez! Plus, Troy was Oscar nominated and had 3 of the best looking actors in the buisness: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Orlando Bloom. I saw Troy 3 times in the theater because I felt it was very entertaining. Sure, it's no Lord of the Rings or Gladiator, but it's not boring and stupid as hell like Alexander. What the f-ck were you thinking, Oliver Stone?