Troy: One Hell of a Guiltless Pleasure! - albee33

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Troy: One Hell of a Guiltless Pleasure!

Posted by albee33 on May 14, 2004 at 19:05:25

Guys, grab your ball caps, don you Nikes, work up some extra testosterone, and drag your knuckles on down to the picture show. You got some excellent combat and action to see.

This was an excellent adventure. Well acted, well choreographed, great cast--the CGI was terrific and nearly transparent. Brian Cox gets my kudos for playing a deliciously malevolent Agamemnon and O'Toole for a sympathetic King of Troy. Bana played an upright Hector while Bloom pulled up the rear with a weasely Paris. As expected, Pitt was the weakest link but not distracting. Diane Kruger, Helen, is gorgeous and well worth a war.

The single combat tops what I've seen lately and the brief views of the battle lines clashing smack of how it was really done eons ago.

Not a dull moment in this film--sure it compresses ten years into what appears to be several weeks, but that's okay too. It moves along quite nicely.

Peterson has outdone Ridley. He narrowed the scope of the story and did not over-"spectacle-ize" the subject.

My fave line: Polyadora to Achilles -- "I though you were a dumb brute. I could forgive a dumb brute."

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Topic - Troy: One Hell of a Guiltless Pleasure! - albee33 19:05:25 05/14/04 (14)

Re: Ebert didn't like it; here's his 2 star review - rico 09:09:48 05/15/04 (8)

I disagree with Ebert on this one... - Beethoven 23:00:47 05/18/04 (0)

I am a fan of Wolfgang Petersen's films...however 9 out of ten times I usually agree... - TWB 23:27:44 05/15/04 (0)

Perhaps Jackson should have made it a triology . . . - albee33 10:05:57 05/15/04 (0)

If Ebert didn't like it I don't like it. (nt) - Analog Scott 09:13:43 05/15/04 (4)

Nothing like an independent thinker! (nt) - townsend 19:24:20 05/15/04 (1)

Do you think I should think for myself? (nt) - Analog Scott 09:51:53 05/16/04 (0)

Re: Is that an " analogy " nt - patrickU 12:07:53 05/15/04 (0)

Re: If Ebert didn't like it I don't like it. (nt) - rico 09:55:58 05/15/04 (0)

That line is dangerously close to the one I pointed to - tinear 07:30:58 05/15/04 (0)

Re: Troy: One Hell of a Guiltless Pleasure! - townsend 19:15:22 05/14/04 (3)

Re: Troy: One Hell of a Guiltless Pleasure! - albee33 19:25:20 05/14/04 (2)

Yeck! - Jon L 21:26:48 05/14/04 (1)

That's kind of my point . . . Wolfgang smoked Ridley on this one. n - albee33 21:34:21 05/14/04 (0)

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