Just saw Troy
 

great movie! very very good and i was worried about it being to long.. but just perfect!

i heard it was like 3 hours...fuck that...

i didn't like it...probably only because i had just read the Iliad and I feel that they totally butchered the epic. coudlnt even get Achilles' hair color right :(((

its worth the watch.. i was worried about that but belive me its worth going to see!

Wow, that's weird, I just got back from watching it myself. Great movie for sure but seemed to drag on a little. And yup, it was 3 hours.

WG

very weird... it was u that giggled when i walked in wearing my "i sell drugs" tshirt lol

ok if u had not read the book would u not say it was a good movie or is it hard to say?

they just changed some major parts in the book to make it more amiable for a 21st century audience

ahh gotcha... i think i might just pick it up then :)

i haven't seen it yet . . . . . .

but i've heard alot re: this movie . . . .

Not unless you were in Waterloo :)
WG

It was a good movie. I didnt like the ending though.

no :(

o well

I've seen it too and think it's really nice.

it wasn't a screen version of the Illiad

so dont expect to see the God Ares fight on the battlefield

i was dissapointed Menelaus was killed, and that Helen ended up with Paris. How are they going to make the Odyssey now? (Telemachus visits Menelaus and Helen on his boat trip)

hey Jenn,
hit me up on ICQ:162282840 when you are available to discuss this tour...

oh and 'bout Troy - was better than I expected :)

I saw it 2 weekends ago and I liked it. the best part is the fight scene between Hector and Achilles and when that Hector gets dragged behind that chariot:thumbsup

Just as a movie it was good, but not when it was supposed to be based on the Iliad. Lot of changes, no mention of the fact that Achilles was invinsible because a witch dipped him in a pot of magic potion but only the heel got left out. And in the book, the cousin that Hector killed was actually Acilles' lover :glugglug

Nice movie!

you are sooo full of shit.

Achilles was dipped in the river Acheron by his mother.

It was Obelix, from asterix who fell into a magic potion. Achilles was dipped into a river.

Sorry but the movie sucked big time. Brad Pitt's butt doesn't make it a good movie but you being a girl - I can understand it :winkwink:

Achilles dipped in a pot of magic potion - FUNNIEST THING I READ TODAY :)

Yes, you are right, been a long time since I read it :)
Anyway, he got dipped in the river and because she held him by the heel it was the only part of him that could be injured, but you know the story :glugglug

hehehe, doesn't take much to make you smile then :winkwink:

I thought it was an entertaining movie. :)

I've haven't seen it yet, but planning to go....:thumbsup

I loved it too - the battle scense were incredible!

Exellent movie indeed!!!:thumbsup

Glad you liked it but I'm bummed I wasn't able to see it with ya!! :winkwink: :1orglaugh

haven`t seen it yet...:( is it worth seeing?

yes! i would see it again.. :)

Brad Pitts 'leg-double' was a bodybuilder dude that actually broke his leg during the filming of Troy. He ironically died at the hospital sue to complications during surgery. Maybe Achilles' ghost cursed this film and that guy................

Got a link to an article where I can read up on this?

We just saw it too... I loved it and I can never sit through a long movie.

Actually, the beginning was sorta slow, but the second half was great... and it was one of those movies that I liked even better after I got home and let it sink in.

we'll buy the dvd.

Cheers! :glugglug

Shannon G

not the greatest, but one the the great movie :thumbsup