Troy (2004)
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. Title
: Troy
Release Date
: May 13, 2004
Runtime
: 163 minutes
MPAA Rating
:R
Genres
: War, Adventure, Drama
Production Co.
:
Plan B Entertainment, Warner Bros., Nimar Studios, Radiant Productions, Helena Productions, Latina Pictures
Production Countries
: United States of America, Malta, United Kingdom
Director
: Wolfgang Petersen
Writers
: Homer, David Benioff
Casts
Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Diane Kruger, Peter : O'Toole, Rose Byrne, Saffron Burrows, Garrett Hedlund, Vincent Regan, Julie Christie, John Shrapnel, Tyler Mane, Nathan Jones
Plot Keywords
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Alternative Titles
:
adultery, beauty, trojan war, bravery, wall, fraud, hostility, sword fight, battlefield, title spoken by character, ancient world, brothers, pyre, ancient greece
TROY 1 - [CA] Troy (Director's Cut) - [CA] Троя - [UA] Τροία - [GR] Troya - [SV] Trooja - [EE] Troja - [HR]
Troy Reviews
Proof that critics should be ignored by B. Caesar Cubillos (
[email protected]) on 8 September 2004
473 out of 844 people found the following review useful: I finally got to see this movie in the bargain theaters here in El Paso on Labor Day. I originally hadn't thought much about the movie, but as time went on it had left the regular theaters here in town and I realized that I'd wished I'd gone to see it. I remember hearing several outside critics blasting the movie as horrible and wanted to judge for myself. I'm very glad I finally saw this movie. This movie is not the usual Clash of the Titans/Jason and the Argonauts type of movie where the gods are constantly shown and portrayed as more important and powerful than the lowly humans. In fact, this movie completely ignores the so-called gods and instead places the focus where it belongs -- on the warriors themselves. I have studied the Iliad as well as other stories surrounding the mythical Trojan War since my days as an elementary school geek obsessed with mythology and Dungeons & Dragons. Instead of being targeted toward that audience this film demystifies the Trojan War and treats it in a manner in which it could have actually happened. We see that the elders who continually refer to their so-called gods come across as fools. One of the most telling lines is when Hector (Eric Bana) refers to the fact that Apollo did not strike down Achilles (Brad Pitt) for desecrating the statue. It is very telling that Hector seems to doubt the gods he has been taught to worship.
