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Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 11:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone see this movie? I was astounded that there wasn't a thread devoted to this flick. I saw it today and thought it was great! Pitt, Bana, Bloom, and the ladies were all great. The action sequences and fight scenes were some of the best I've seen since Braveheart...It made me want to research Achilles in the history books...that guy must have been a true badass...I recommend this movie to anyone who likes some good period action/romance, but it does get a little gory for the squeamish/youngsters...btw, two of the main 3 ladies are also in an underrated flick called "Wicker Park"

Bottom line is, watch this movie, if only as a rental...'cause there's no commentary track on the DVD release...

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The Bana v. Pitt fight is awesome :-)

Jasper
Member

09-14-2000

Monday, January 10, 2005 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this on Saturday as well and enjoyed it. But it did make me think " why aren't the Trojan's more po'd at Helen and Harris, it was all down to them giving Aegamenon the excuse he needed to attack Troy." Dad should have listened to Harris and burned the horse.

Mssilhouette
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Um I thought that this movie needed well I don't know...a script or something. Also I just didn't buy the "bronze surfer boy" Achilles. So he was dirty like once in the movie?

Just rent gladiator instead. It's a far better movie than this one.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw the movie in the theatres and ended up walking out with two 13 year olds. You know it is bad when the kids don't want to stick around for the fight scenes.

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Achilles was said to have had long, blonde hair so that part is accurate.

And yes, I've read the bad reviews of this movie, but personally I liked it.

Westtexan
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07-16-2004

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I rented this movie this weekend. I liked it. I remember hearing it got bad reviews so I didn't have high expectations, but I thought it was worthwhile. It was too long for my liking. I fast forward through the fight scenes to speed it up, and it still went on and on.

I thought the same thing Jasper. Every time Helen was on screen I thought this is all your fault. They should have packed her up and shipped her back.

Kappy
Member

06-29-2002

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I finally rented it and was looking forward to watching it but instead it left me feeling disturbed from beginning to end which I wasn't expecting. Like Jasper, I couldn't get past why they just accepted Helen and Harris. Maybe because I couldn't buy into them as a couple worthy of fighting to protect?

My son had raved about this movie because of the great fight scenes. I felt like I was watching a story that was very contrived only so that they could do the fight scenes. I've watched violent movies before such as Braveheart and Gladiator but there was always a justification for the violence. I never got that from this movie.

I think another reason I didn't enjoy it was that there weren't many characters that I liked which might have helped me to get through everything else. Hector was the only one I could respect and we all know who kills him which just made it all the worse to watch. I never could buy into Pitt's character even after he changes - too little too late is putting it mildly in my opinion.

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Roger Ebert named it (tied with Alexander) as the worst movie of the year!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was long, not clear, and made me rewind several times to try and figure out what was going on. Richard Harris was superb as the King. Of course Brad was nude a lot, which was nice eye candy. I liked it better than Gladiator.

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Urgrace, Richard Harris was already dead when this movie filmed. King Agamemnon was played by Brian Cox and the King of Troy was played by Peter O'Toole.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OH forgive my crs, I meant Peter O'Toole!

Lycanthrope
Member

09-19-2002

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kinda thought you did

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I only enjoyed the movie for eye candy value - more for Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana than Brad Pitt. Otherwise it was a huge let down.

Heck I skipped seeing Alexander because Troy was such a snooze.

Tashakinz
Member

11-13-2002

Monday, January 17, 2005 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Watched this yesterday - overall I thought it was well done. I especially liked the fact that the "trojan horse" looked like it had been put together from ship parts and not the overly carved and stylized horses you ususally see in stories about Troy. Pitt's body was worth the price of (rental) admission lol.