I just saw Troy...

[jpatino03]

...and it was an epic disaster.

[geekdiggy]

wasted thread. free cookies for everyone

[Picknick]

wheeeee cookies :D

[gigdy]

peanutbutter chocolate chunk and macadamia nut white chocolate.

[possessed_beaver]

back to the topic i was looking at watching/downlaoding it when i had some free time - tell me what's s bad about it..

comon how bad could it of been?

[oscargarza88]

it looks good on the comercials...
but ill wait till i download it better
thanks

[blah]

How come no one is making sugar cookies! :cry:

[maalox]

What sucked about it? I love those slightly corny big budget films (e.g. Pearl Harbour). But if it just flat out sucks I'm not going to waste my money ;).

[antonioledesma]

But... is the movie a true image of the book ?(Iliada in spanish, by the greek writter Homer, go and read it, if not look for a nice little summary of the book.)

Or is another great story that went terribly wrong?

hope it isn't another example of you enfants terribles of not knowing about great authors and making questions like this:
"Is she going to die? " (a true statment made in the Romeo & Juliet movie, feat. Leo Dicapio (just hated this version of the book))

[skituner]

damm i hope you wrong cause i really wanted to see that

[crazidude]

Hrm it seems interesting. I'm gonna go watch it regardless.

[jpatino03]

Alright, Lets see, where to start.

There are all kinds of divergences from Homer, and its not just small things either. Being a classics major this bothers me immensely. Paris survives, Andromache and Helen escape, there's this whole made-up "sword of Troy" bullshit that I won't even get into, according to hollywood, the trojan war only took a couple of weeks, Agammemnon is a power hungry monster etc..

Then there's the script, which was so bad at some points that the audience was laughing... Not to mention Orlando Bloom's overacting every single line.

The battles aren't even that impressive, either. I honestly can't see where they go the R rating from, the violence isn't really that graphic, and the nudity isn't really nudity.

[BADMIHAI]

Heh. I had a feeling it would suck. Thanks for letting me know. I will definitely not pay to see it.

[Erez]

what no beer? pffff...

[Vansquish]

Come now...did you really think that Brad Pitt could play a believable Greek epic hero?

[Kangaroo Boy]

I think alot of people thought this film was going to be better than Gladiator.I haven't seen it yet...Is Eric Banna any good?

[jpatino03]

Actually, Eric Bana and (Surprisingly) Brad Pitt are pretty good, mroe than anything, they're hampered by bad writing. That being said, Orlando Bloom is inexcusable.