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Troy (2004)
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There are many reasons to recommend Troy as a good ol' fashioned Hollywood epic, especially if you've never read Homer's The Iliad. Dispensing with Greek gods altogether, this earnestly massive production (budgeted at upwards of $200 million) will surely offend historians and devoted students of the classics (for them, there's the History Channel's Troy). But there's politics aplenty in the grand-scale war that erupts when Trojan prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) makes off with Helen (blandly beautiful German model Diane Kruger), wife of Spartan ruler Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson), whose brother, the Greek king Agamemnon (Brian...
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Troy Movie Review by Ben  (1/28/2008) |
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As impressive as 300 and Beowulf were, they are not nearly as impressive as seeing real armies with real fighters like Achilles (Brad Pitt) and Hector (Eric Bana). This is the epic battle movie that rivals Braveheart for excitement.
Costuming, sound, stunt work - all were top notch and framed two love stories; the well...
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| Troy Movie Review by Chris (1/1/2008) |
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With films like Alexander and 300 being released, the whole history genre has taken a big turn. Alexander, being a very bad movie, told the story of Alexander, while the film had its good scenes, it failed in my terms. Troy, directed by Wolfgang Peterson, succeeds in terms of all the major battle scenes and the dramatic...
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| Troy Movie Review by Thom (8/29/2007) |
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As Troy gets trashed by critics and wannabe ar-teests, I am reminded of the most important element of entertainment: It's entertaining. I grow weary of the constant comparisons of films and there source materials, be they historic, contemporary, or works of fiction. In point of fact, I've not even read Homer's work, though...
(complete Troy review by Thom)
| Troy Movie Review by Sage (8/6/2007) |
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Im not a huge fan of movies with long drawn out battle scenes, and as much as Troy may seem to be one of those kind of movies, its not. There are a lot of movies with the same plot line, but this one is pretty original, it sticks to the story, but at the same time we get a whole different perspective on the characters. The...
(complete Troy review by Sage)
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