The animation I've seen of the armies running toward Troy seems too videogame.
"Joey, you like movies about gladiators?"
"Joey, have you ever been in a, in a Turkish prison?"
(From the movie "Airplane".
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These days, it would appear that if Achilles and Hector had pre-battle sex the film would do huge box office.
If, if, if. grrrrrrrrrrrr
I need someone like mac11 to go see this and report back.
fishin' wrote:"Joey, you like movies about gladiators?"
"Joey, have you ever been in a, in a Turkish prison?"
Captain Oveur: You ever been in a cockpit before?
Joey: No sir, I've never been up in a plane before.
Captain Oveur: You ever seen a grown man naked?
The film was good. I liked it.
Didn't follow the legend exactly but then why should it, it's only a legend not historical fact.
The Boston Phoenix weighed in with this:
" . . . may evoke more Troy Donohue and the golden era of Hollywood than the domed city . . . replaces the gods (not a bad idea, given 1983's camp classic Clash of the Titans) with 21st century's new deities of computer-generated special effects and celebrity icons. As a Cliff Notes verion . . . this gets to the media of the res. . .
The CGI-edthousand ships en route to Ilium evoke a thrill but for my money . . . I'll take the Allied armada in The Longest Day . . . But the Achilles' heel of such epic making is that Hollywood no longer has the talent or the innocence to pull it off." -- Peter Keogh
I don't think Hollywood movies on the whole were ever all that good. I tend to be a small film fan myself so there is a bias here.
Golly, plainoldme, how small are you?
It's getting 58% favorable ratings at rottentomatoes.com:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Troy-1132530/
cicerone imposter wrote:This is at Troy. That's my brother and sister-in-law.
c.i., your brother is so tall, and wood-like. Who are the other people again?
cav, He's a republican (he's a state legislator in California) and a christian. What more can I say?
Awfully young to be a Republican.
The "Quick Hit" review in the OC Register:
Vanity, courage, cowardice, passion -- director Wolfgang Peterson conjures an extraordinary palate of emotions. In this racy, ripping account of literature's most notirious romantic hijacking, Brad Pitt fronts a strong cast as Achilles, the bronze Greek superwarrior of legend whose awesome battefield aptitute punctuates Peterson's heart-pounding war scenes. A-.
Wolfgan Peterson is most noted for the two previous films "Das Boot" and "In the Line of Fire:"
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000583/
Golly, plainoldme, how small are you?
What is that supposed to mean? I posted a review from the Phoenix, whose reviews I generally rely on. Because 58% of the reviews can be cast as favorable does not mean a movie is good . . . or that I would like it.
I was pretty bored with Master and Commander but I loved Jim Sheridan's In America.
I'm not a mass culture type. Although my kids sort of grew up on Clash of the Titans which has a solidly redeeming scene: after Harry Hamlin kills Medusa, he almost collapses. That's what would have happened. Saves the movie.
It was a joke -- reread your sentence.
I have bought both "Master and Commander" and "In America" on DVD. I'm not biased either way. Many small films are utter bores.
I will try three critics I usually agree with on a film before plunking down my cash to see a film and I would believe this particular one is essential to see on the big screen (I'd be headed towards the THX certified screens near Disneyland).
I wonder if a toga and a short sword would have prolonged Harry Hamlin's career on L.A. Law? He would have been quite the defender...
Sorry, light, guess my sense of humor took a walk. Harry Hamlin was very dishy when starting out. His looks faded a bit but aren't we all a little worn?
I just assumed that your were saying you were short and it went over your head.
Actually Hamlin's best acting was in "LA Law" -- he was daring in taking the part in "Making Love" and at the time may have hurt his career. It certainly torpedoed Michael Onkean's.
