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A Worthy Epic 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 I did try once to plod through it. As a film (for that's what it is), Troy stands as a great epic among epics. The backdrop of the film - a war among thousands for the vanity of less than a dozen - is larger than life while the personal stories are interesting and integral to the action. This should be clear when the most intense sequence of the film is Hector (Eric Bana) and Achilles (Brad Pitt) - not thousands - squaring off in a fight that can only end in the death of one or the other, and the most moving moment happens between Priam, King of the Trojans (Peter O'toole), and Achilles, the greatest warrior of Troy's greatest foe, Agamemnon (Brian Cox). Troy plays out at rapid pace while weaving its story about those less than a dozen vain men (and women), and does stall, if only once, when a certain someone is slain giving Achilles cause to wish death upon Hector. It's the only moment that detracts from the film, the only flaw, albeit a rather major one. The dream cast of hunks and scenery chewing-types (meant as a compliment) performs adequately with moments of grandeur. Pitt, seemingly chiseled from marble himself, embodies his Achilles, and definitely draws the eye to him whenever he's in frame. It was nice to see his battle with Bana's Hector (which was done by the actors themselves; no small task) given the weight one would expect of one the most epic duels in the history of the world. While Troy perhaps fails to live up to the book (at least in the mind of the aforementioned ar-teests), it spins its own larger than life tale using the tools of the day (many of them not CG). Why it would be seen as any less of an accomplishment over the older sand and sandal epics I'll never know, but what I do know is that Troy is a movie that I enjoyed and will for years to come as a worthy epic. email this review to a friend
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