'Troy' Discussion Thread

[Sundancer]

Great movie, love Brad Pitt, but his "We are lions" speech was lackluster.

 

[Loki882]

Yeah I like Brad Pitt overall, but freaking Keira Knightly in POTC 3 gave a more charismatic speech than he did there.

 

[MrMaooz]

You sack of wine! Best insult ever.

 

[Lencho01]

Any time I think of the speech, I think of the Thundercats trailer WormyT made.

 

[gwynplaine]

- Messenger Boy: "The Thessalonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man I've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him."http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=tt_trv_qu
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=tt_trv_qu- Achilles: "That's why no one will remember your name."

 

[Lord]

To be fair regarding the "this war and these heroes will be forever remembered", that was a major theme in The Illiad.

Having recently watched the film again, i think it was better than its reputation made it seem, and after reading the myths and all that, i don't think the decision of not including the gods was that bad, some of their appearances in the story would feel a little clunky for a modern audience that is so used to questioning every little detail. Also, do we realy need to see the Gods assembling in order to explain why certain characters were killed or had certain fates?

Troy had many flaws, but it was far from a bad movie, i hope the upcoming Odyssey adaptation doesn't disappoint.