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"Troy" Test Screening Review
Mar. 28th, 2004 08:31 pmThe Review
A couple of things:
1. The reviewer obviously does not know his classical literature from a banana slug, so I think many of his comments, which might seem offensive to the more erudite, should be taken with a large grain of salt... like a whole bucketful.
2. Agamemmnon seems to be barbarian-ized. Though the motive "has always wanted Troy to fall under his power" is a possible hypothesis for the historical fall of Troy, I don't think it works in the context of a mythical/Homeric epic, which is what everyone else is going to be thinking of. That is, unless this movie is a documentary, they should probably stick to fiction.
3. "Don't let the advertising fool you, this is his [Eric Bana's] movie." Well, if they're going to positively portray the Trojan side through Hector instead of Paris, I suppose they might be able to make it work. Unfortunately, I've heard mixed reviews of The Hulk, Bana's last major movie.
4. It seems that Achilles isn't going to be developed as much as the Iliad did... which might account for the even lesser development of Patroclus. His part in the movie is mostly the fighting parts, and probably something with Briseis (who's also on the cast list).
5. Something![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-userinfo.gif)
cashew might be happy about: "Ignore the third billing. Aside from setting the story in motion in the beginning, Bloom is hardly in the movie." Paris, it seems, doesn't get a lot of important scenes to play. I guess his name is high up there only because of the actor's fame. It makes sense, I suppose. In the Iliad, Paris didn't play a big part either except as the instigator of the war and the shooter of Achilles.
6. Patroclus: "...the whiny little brat who plays Achilles' cousin..." Guh? I'm really hoping the guy didn't pay too much attention to Patroclus and therefore got his information wrong. Cousin? Dude.
7. Helen: The guy was too busy admiring her assets to notice anything else. Le sigh. I guess there goes another (possibly) epic movie without any strong feminine roles. But I guess taking the Gods, especially Aphrodite, out of the scenario makes Helen a much less sympathetic character.
A couple of things:
1. The reviewer obviously does not know his classical literature from a banana slug, so I think many of his comments, which might seem offensive to the more erudite, should be taken with a large grain of salt... like a whole bucketful.
2. Agamemmnon seems to be barbarian-ized. Though the motive "has always wanted Troy to fall under his power" is a possible hypothesis for the historical fall of Troy, I don't think it works in the context of a mythical/Homeric epic, which is what everyone else is going to be thinking of. That is, unless this movie is a documentary, they should probably stick to fiction.
3. "Don't let the advertising fool you, this is his [Eric Bana's] movie." Well, if they're going to positively portray the Trojan side through Hector instead of Paris, I suppose they might be able to make it work. Unfortunately, I've heard mixed reviews of The Hulk, Bana's last major movie.
4. It seems that Achilles isn't going to be developed as much as the Iliad did... which might account for the even lesser development of Patroclus. His part in the movie is mostly the fighting parts, and probably something with Briseis (who's also on the cast list).
5. Something
cashew might be happy about: "Ignore the third billing. Aside from setting the story in motion in the beginning, Bloom is hardly in the movie." Paris, it seems, doesn't get a lot of important scenes to play. I guess his name is high up there only because of the actor's fame. It makes sense, I suppose. In the Iliad, Paris didn't play a big part either except as the instigator of the war and the shooter of Achilles.6. Patroclus: "...the whiny little brat who plays Achilles' cousin..." Guh? I'm really hoping the guy didn't pay too much attention to Patroclus and therefore got his information wrong. Cousin? Dude.
7. Helen: The guy was too busy admiring her assets to notice anything else. Le sigh. I guess there goes another (possibly) epic movie without any strong feminine roles. But I guess taking the Gods, especially Aphrodite, out of the scenario makes Helen a much less sympathetic character.
