Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by ldvictory on May 19, 2004 at 06:36:54

In Reply to: Thank God they called it "Troy." posted by tinear on May 18, 2004 at 14:38:41:

All I was expecting, really. To hope for a filmed "Iliad" is like hoping for intelligent life to appear in Washington. I'm not gonna bother with going to the theatre for this one. The scene between Achilles and Priam is the very heart of the original poem, as you are obviously aware. Dramatically, at least. For me the grandest thing of all is "Achilles Shield", which I'm sure they didn't bother with at all in the film, although they could have. I fear they'd have turned it into "Fantasia" though, I mean the weird parts with dancing hippos and such like. Tell you the truth, I enjoy movie epics strictly for the art direction, FX and music, if it's good. They're layin on a little too much Celtic and Mid East stuff for my taste these days but ...