Summary: the funniest epic ever
Now now, let's not all be so glum about it. I was at a free movie screening
last Tuesday and needless to say, the whole theater kept errupting in
laughter. One of the funniest epic movies ever made... Hilarious because of
it's unintentional comedy.
What can I say? The screenwriters were horrible! The directing, I guess,
shouldn't be blamed, I mean those fight scenes were pretty good. And all the
male nakedness could almost more than make up for the lack of pretty much
whatever it is that makes the Iliad such an wonderful book.
They do not make you understand why Glory is an important part of life in
Ancient Greece. This is why we all started bursting into ridiculous laughter
when Achilles thinks of choosing between living and having a family with his
mother seeing him again and dying but living on with the Glory. Bad bad idea!
It makes him look like an idiot, not the hero he ought to be.
Another, milking too much of the romance but letting the love story drop. It
is not good! First of all, Briseis was not the cousin or the temple virgin.
She was conquered and was war booty. The heart-felt parts were not heart-felt
at all. The lines were terrible! It was just soooo inappropriate for the
scene.
THE RAGE! The rage of Achilles... what the heck, it makes him look like a
moron! No love set up before he moots and things are so quickly changed...
WHERE THE HECK IS LITTLE AJAX??? It was sad...I really was hoping for little
Ajax to come along.
THE MOST POIGNANT PART OF THE STORY WAS CHANGED! I'm talking about Book 6
where Hector says goodbye to his family... whyyyyy oh whyyyy did they change
that?! You all will see.
And Hector. Don't get me started. Eric Bana looked great and all but he just
didn't give emotion. He spoke and he acted, but he did not feel. His eyes are
left wanting...
And then the Patroclus... *sigh* I was so disappointed... What's the deal with
him looking so young? they're supposed to be best of friends. And this young
thing... I couldn't stop laughing when I saw Aeneas. He looked 16 dragging his
father and where's his daughter and Creusa???
I'm sorry. This girl Helen... HORRIBLE HORRIBLE depiction of her. Why did they
hype her up so much?
[B]I must say, however, BRAVO ORLANDO BLOOM. Although I did not appreciate the
Legolas revival in the end (which I can forgive since it was part of the
story... however it just didn't fit), he portrayed Paris as he ought to be.
The ridiculously beautiful hunk of a man who was a complete wuss. I soooo felt
the emotion, his innocence, his lover-not-fighter status and all his aesthetic
beauty. He got meaty for this one! ORLANDO BLOOM, I SALUTE THEE![/B]
我必须说，orlando bloom太棒了。虽然我不喜欢最后paris变的象legolas般（我知道那是故事的一部分，但就是觉得不合适）。他演出的paris该是的样子－－一个漂亮的没边但纯粹软蛋的家伙。我绝对感受到那种情感，他的无辜，他的是情人不是战士的定位和他的美学角度的美。他“就是”paris。orlando bloom，我向你致敬！
Well I guess here's the deal: If you really want to experience Troy as it
should be, go out and get Fagle's translation and read it for yourself. If you
want to actually see it...might as well wait for the rentals to come out. If
you want to see really hot men go naked (forgot how many times I almost jumped
at the screen seeing Brad Pitt clotheless and[B] Orlando Bloom nakie[/B]), then by
ALL means, do go and watch it. As for the $20 million spent... *sigh* all down
the drain. If you want to see a comedic adaptation of Iliad without being too
offended, then gooo ahead and watch.
虽然希望一部好电影加上一个好开花，不过如果不行，一个好开花也足够我去大屏幕前好好欣赏了，呵呵，还希望把偶们家猪头甩了，自己去发花痴[em00]
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