Troy (15) Reviews

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Great all round film, wooden horse very good, good battle and fight scenes, good storyline and great scenery views.

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Troy - Following the publicity, this film should have been an epic to rival the likes of Gladiator. Talk about false advertising. Save for a couple of good fight scenes (Pitt v. Bana for one) there is nothing else going for this film. The dialogue is forgettable, the music is unremarkable and even the gratuitous shots of Brad Pitt's naked backside were overdone and robbed from Legends of the Fall.

If you really want to see this film, rent it on DVD when it has already been out for six mont ...

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Compared to other epics along this line i.e. Spartacus and Gladiator, Troy has now become my favourite. From the start Achilles as you gripped and the story portrays him as he was a great fighter not a god. In Helen, Paris really did find a beauty and the Greeks rose as a nation to fight for her back. The fight scenes I believe are as good as the return of the king battles and the story is spot on apart from one slip when the Greeks emerge from the horse inside Troy.
All in all the best film I ...

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Troy is OK. It's not fantastic but it was definitely watchable. Bana played Hector superbly, really brought the doomed hero from the Illiad to life. And Pitt, give him his due, played Achilles well too. It was just that the movie seemed to lack something. A certain zing. "...Va-va voom" as Thierry would put it. I think that too much emphasis was put on the fight scenes. The LOTR trilogy worked so well because the story was the main thing and the huge impressive war scenes worked within that sto ...

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Troy is very good. The only thing I expected which wasn't there was that there was no explanation of Acilies, like why he is immortal and why his heel is his weekness. Nor did it talk about the young price of Troy's dream where he is shown Acilies' weekness. It is a brilliant film and the story line is very good.

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Troy is a thoroughly enjoyable film, that certainly takes liberties with the story as Homer wrote it, and steals more than a little from Gladiator, but is nevertheless worth seeing at least once.

Brad Pitt is fantastic as Achilles, the greatest soldier of them all. Spoilt, vain and ferocious he's not a hero - he's a fighter. He pouts and preens, and also involves himself in a rather touching romance.

Orlando Bloom shows surprising willingness to play the weakling Paris, the man who cau ...

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Troy has a great opening sequence narrated by Sean Bean, who plays Greek warrior Odysseus. Stunning visuals keep the viewer hooked while also showing originality in many of the scenes.
As for the feel of the film, Petersen has done a remarkable job in visualising Homer's world. From the detailed costumes and weapons to the impressive reconstruction of Troy itself, everything has a remarkably authentic and textured feel. With CGI used in tandem and realistically with good old-fashioned stunt-wor ...