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Trojan Bore (REVIEW: Troy devoid of any notion of honor, destiny, gods, or reason to see it)
NY Post ^ | May 14, 2004 | Jonathan Foreman

Posted on 05/14/2004 10:33:59 AM PDT by dead

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:21:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Clunky epic. Running time: 163 minutes. Rated R (violence, brief gore). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Kips Bay, others.

IT'S perhaps unfair to expect contemporary Hollywood moviemakers to do justice to Homer's "Iliad" or the legends of the Trojan War that have inspired artists and writers through the centuries.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: moviereview; troy
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1 posted on 05/14/2004 10:34:02 AM PDT by dead
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To: dead
It is always nice for the king to hear, "The queen just left with the Trojans."
2 posted on 05/14/2004 10:35:31 AM PDT by bmwcyle (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/" target="_blank">miserable failure)
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To: dead

As I wrote on another thread, the sole purpose of this movie is to please Putz er Pitt's Gay Audience......He said after this movie men would be wearing skirts......yeah, GAY men.....


3 posted on 05/14/2004 10:37:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (KERRY'S LAW: FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN EQUAL & OPPOSITE RETRACTION.........)
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To: dead

Hollywood treats Homer as just another contract script writer.


4 posted on 05/14/2004 10:39:02 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: dead

The movie sounds like the pitts....


5 posted on 05/14/2004 10:45:50 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (I'm isthisnickcool, and I approved this post!)
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To: dead

Hollywood's protrayal of anything historic is nothing short of an abomination. If you want an accurate depiction of history, read a book. ( You have to careful and selective with those too).


6 posted on 05/14/2004 10:51:00 AM PDT by stoney
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To: dead

You forgot to post the best part. One and a half stars. Maybe that will take Bush off of Brad's mind for a while.


7 posted on 05/14/2004 10:51:17 AM PDT by CaptainK
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To: dead

Yet ANOTHER movie I was looking forward to, blasted in reviews. The only thing left to look forward to is Prisoner of Azkaban.


8 posted on 05/14/2004 10:52:48 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: CaptainK
Once again CGI proves a poor substitute for poor acting and uninspired writing.
9 posted on 05/14/2004 10:54:40 AM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: dead
>And while Diane Kruger's Helen is pretty, you really need an actress to project great beauty ...


10 posted on 05/14/2004 10:55:11 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: dead

The Odyssey version with Armand Assante as Odysseus was fairly decent entertainment.


11 posted on 05/14/2004 10:56:25 AM PDT by Buck W.
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To: dead

"But, more Steve Reeves than Russell Crowe"

I think the reverse would be just as bad.

"Who are you?"
"I am......gladiator."
Pu-leeeeze.


12 posted on 05/14/2004 10:57:03 AM PDT by macamadamia
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To: nina0113

Spiderman II looks good and so does Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.


13 posted on 05/14/2004 10:59:54 AM PDT by Little Ray (John Ffing sKerry: Just a gigolo!)
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To: dead

Pitts only claim to fame is his wife. Whoever said he could act?


14 posted on 05/14/2004 11:00:57 AM PDT by Ron in Acreage (Kerry is a threat to national security)
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To: dead

It has Pitt in it. I dismissed it right away.


15 posted on 05/14/2004 11:02:54 AM PDT by kenth
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To: dead

"Hi Jen. You'll never guess what I'm wearing."

16 posted on 05/14/2004 11:03:18 AM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: dead; Xenalyte
Yeah but are there any pretty ladies with swords in the movie ?

Stay Safe !

17 posted on 05/14/2004 11:03:48 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: dead

Brad Pitt in a dress? Can it get any gayer?


18 posted on 05/14/2004 11:04:33 AM PDT by Bommer (John Kerry = "You mean I can get a Purple Heart for cutting myself shaving?")
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To: Buck W.

I thought the Odyssey was a lousy movie too.

The best solution is to read the books. I would recommend The Odyssey (translation by Robert Fitzgerald) first, as being the most fun. I read it aloud to my kids when they were 10 and 12 and they really loved it. Then The Iliad, which is somewhat less accessible for moderns. And by all means The Aeneid, in the Alan Mandelbaum translation.

Maybe someone like Mel Gibson could make a decent Iliad, but the usual Hollywood directors are completely hopeless. The left haven't the slightest idea what honor is, as this review points out.


19 posted on 05/14/2004 11:05:52 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Red Badger
If I hear one more Lefty-Fruedian-Homophile talk about homoeroticism in movies, war, Abu Ghraib photos, etc etc I am going to barf.

"Homoeroticism" is the new "don't got there", "yadda yadda", "gravitas" tag line, that people who think they are hip or ahead of the curve can't seem to put down.

20 posted on 05/14/2004 11:06:37 AM PDT by keithtoo (Please remove all Kerry-on luggage from your forehead compartments.)
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