Troy: thumbs up or thumbs down? - Democratic Underground

fryguy

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Tue May-04-04 12:38 PM
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Troy: thumbs up or thumbs down?

the trailers show some pretty cool battle scenes, but who thinks the rest of the movie might be a trash-fest?

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mainer

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Tue May-04-04 12:44 PM
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1. Brad Pitt. Bare-legged.

That's enough to pull me into the theater.

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madrchsod

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Tue May-04-04 12:54 PM
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2. probably will be really dumb.

they still haven`t any solid proof that Troy legend was true. there are many clues but no one can say for sure if it actually happened. Troy was a city in the late bronze age Kingdom of Wilusa. Archeology Magazine has an article about this in the may/june edition.

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Misunderestimator

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Tue May-04-04 12:57 PM
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3. Pitt as a Trojan warrior? LOL

He was good in Thelma and Louise.... period. And he's cute.

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DrWeird

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Tue May-04-04 01:00 PM
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4. Down.

Yes, CGI looks great. The rest looks like everything bad from Gladiator, The Last Samurai, and The English Patient all rolled into one stinking mess.

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TXlib

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Tue May-04-04 01:05 PM
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5. What was bad about Gladiator?

Was there some junk history in it? (I'm sure there probably was, but I'm not a historian...)

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Bridget Burke

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Tue May-04-04 01:06 PM
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6. It might be a GOOD trash fest!

As a long-time student of myth & legend--& how the old stories continue to have relevance in the modern world--I'll go. This version is reportedly very different from The Illiad, but variants of the tale also have a long tradition. (Even some Classical Greeks thought that Helen's abduction was just an excuse--Troy's riches & strategic location were the real lure.)

To whomever mentioned Brad Pitt in a short skirt, I'd like to add: Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana & Sean Bean.

And Peter O'Toole--old as the hills now, but he can actually act!

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geniph

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Tue May-04-04 03:25 PM
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7. Sean Bean as Odysseus. Brief garments.

I am so there!

Sean Bean...drooooool....

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