[Burkean]

When I thought Page was playing Achilles I thought it was ridiculous. But Sinon is selected as a mole to let himself get captured and then trick the Trojans. It makes sense that they would pick their wimpiest most unassuming soldier for that.

[sphinx]

But Sinon is selected as a mole to let himself get captured and then trick the Trojans. It makes sense that they would pick their wimpiest most unassuming soldier for that.

True. But in deference to the story (putting the movie and the casting choices aside), Sinon would have had to be the Homeric equivalent of a Steely-Eyed Missle Man. Either the Trojans buy the lie or they don't. And if they discover the lie, one would not want to be Sinon.

Plenty of spy movies pay homage to what the undercover types do. And what some of them did (and do) in real life surpasses anything Hollywood could put on film.

Sinon may not have been much of a warrior, but he wouldn't have been a coward, or a fool.

[DiogenesLamp]

When I thought Page was playing Achilles I thought it was ridiculous. But Sinon is selected as a mole to let himself get captured and then trick the Trojans. It makes sense that they would pick their wimpiest most unassuming soldier for that.

I find it offensive that they are even going along with this girl trying to play a man.

One of the things that can make the abnormal accepted, is to treat it as if it is normal.