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Trev29Dec 18, 2012

Seeing the Illiad recreated is quite enjoyable, but the movie just falls flat on as it doesn't transpire all the great qualities of the poem. It is just a lazy Hollywood movie that was made as a money machine for the producers.

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heyitsmegrif4Jan 29, 2012

Troy features dazzling action, real life set pieces, and just powerful performances from Pitt, Kruger, Bloom and Bana; but sadly the film is completely emotionally dry and it most definitely suffers from that. I give this film 63%.

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PatC.Sep 6, 2005

Iliad Lite. Just too much of a Hollywood feel. Lavish but pointless.

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jeremyd99Dec 19, 2010

This movie was just dull. Bad acting,bad story, and bad score. The only reedeming thing was the action but that is not even good enough to save this movie.

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CaestusMar 14, 2013

Not that Blockbuster, that i expected. The directors Cut release is improved though.

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SnafuFrankApr 12, 2012

This movie could have been way better, but sadly the makers of this film didn't do their homework on the great trojan war. The main problem i have with this movie is that it isn't accurate to the real events of the trojan war, almostThis movie could have been way better, but sadly the makers of this film didn't do their homework on the great trojan war. The main problem i have with this movie is that it isn't accurate to the real events of the trojan war, almost everything got mixed up, and things weren't were they were supposed to be. For instance, Ajax never died in combat like in the movie, in real life Ajax committed suicide, another one is that Agamemnon never died in Troy, but instead he was murdered in Greece, and so on and so forth, this film is filled with more of these mistakes.… Expand

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TyranianOct 5, 2019

Pretty epic but pales in comparison to epics of the past. Pitt wasn't a great choice.

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imthenoobNov 10, 2012

The entire movie to me was just waiting through the terrible dialogue just to get to the action scenes. Very disapointing. I expected better, Especially with a movie like this.

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LokathorJun 21, 2014

If you watch this movie with the understanding from the beginning that there are going to be no supernatural elements then this is a great film. When this first came out a few friends of mine were really upset that it didn't follow the IliadIf you watch this movie with the understanding from the beginning that there are going to be no supernatural elements then this is a great film. When this first came out a few friends of mine were really upset that it didn't follow the Iliad very closely, because there was no gods and magic and living rivers or anything like that. I think it's fine to tell a version of the story without any magic to it. There's still interesting characters, and good fighting. If you like "battle movies" like Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven, this is a movie you should see.… Expand

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MrMovieBuffNov 16, 2016

The legendary Achilles goes to battle with the Trojans in Wolfgang Petersen's interpretation of 'Troy', loosely based on the story of "Ilaid". Brad Pitt possesses the role of the legendary Achilles, who is often seen as the greatest warrior.The legendary Achilles goes to battle with the Trojans in Wolfgang Petersen's interpretation of 'Troy', loosely based on the story of "Ilaid". Brad Pitt possesses the role of the legendary Achilles, who is often seen as the greatest warrior. It seems that he has had some quarrels with King Agamemnon (Brian Cox), the King often feels concerned over Achilles devil-may-care behavior, and his lack of respect for the king bothers himself. Meanwhile, we see two brothers, Prince Hector (Eric Bana) and his younger brother, Paris (Orlando Bloom) negotiating a peace treaty with Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson). But all that peace fades away when Paris is having a secret affair with Menelaus' wife, Helen (Diane Kruger). When Paris informs Hector about this, Hector feels angry and worried that a war is about to come... and that Menelaus will stop at nothing to make Paris suffer to get his wife back. Upon discovering his missing wife, Menelaus turns to his brother, Agamemnon for help. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity to go to war, and must put all his trust in the talented Achilles to make sure that the war can be easily won. Back at Troy, King Priam (Peter O'Toole) feels concerned when Paris introduces him to Helen, worried that if he is to send her back, Paris would follow her and get killed. He reluctantly decides to let her stay and let events unfold however they can. While the production design of this movie is fascinating, the actors seem to fit the roles that they are cast in - Brad Pitt has the physique for Achilles, Orlando Bloom works as the heart-strung Paris, and Diane Kruger's beauty works for the beauty of Helen - and not forgetting the crafting of the action, it seems that the movie fails to deliver in terms of drama. There is no emotional uphold, no sign of intensity, and no urgency either. It all feels like a typical Hollywood take on one of the greatest legend stories of all time. It's lavish, it's beautiful and it's grand, but underneath all of that lies something somewhat bland. It's not a bad movie, just not a great one. Maybe if the actors were given a chance to act instead of appearing as attractive as possible, it would have worked, and maybe if the dialogue contained more plausibility, it would seem less unintentionally hilarious. Overall, 'Troy' is entertaining, but not gripping.… Expand

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CineAutoctonoAug 12, 2016

" Troy " was an acceptable movie , the good points are history, and the death of Achilles , and ultimately, the performance of Brad Pitt , the bad points are that the story felt something long and / or boring, and ultimately the music. but it" Troy " was an acceptable movie , the good points are history, and the death of Achilles , and ultimately, the performance of Brad Pitt , the bad points are that the story felt something long and / or boring, and ultimately the music. but it was deserved 3 Oscar nominations.… Expand

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EpicLadySpongeJan 12, 2016

Fun war movie about Troy and Sparta to watch, but it just gets boring after a while. There's like no excitement part, in my opinion, that comes up after a while of movie time.

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SrPepeJul 8, 2018

No me parece que sea la gran cosa, está muy sobrevalorada, tiene sus grandes escenas y tal pero no quedó en mi memoria.

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FilipeNetoFeb 13, 2018

A great epic with a confused script.

This film is an adaptation of Greek myths and legends surrounding the war between Greeks and Trojans. According to legend, Troy was besieged for ten years and only fell when the Greeks deceived them withA great epic with a confused script.

This film is an adaptation of Greek myths and legends surrounding the war between Greeks and Trojans. According to legend, Troy was besieged for ten years and only fell when the Greeks deceived them with a wooden horse. The film also tells the mith of Achilles. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, this epic film has screenplay by David Beniof based on Homer's Iliad, and a good cast with the participation of Brad Pitt (as Achilles), Eric Bana (as Hector), Orlando Bloom (as Paris), Diane Kruger ( as Helen), Brian Cox (as Agamemnon, the Greek king), Brendan Gleeson (as Menelaus, the Spartan king) and Peter O'Toole (as Priam, the Trojan king).

This type of epics, whether mythological or biblical, has an important feature: the whole script, scenery and costumes must be carefully written and planned because the audience knows the story beforehand and is waiting for something consistent with what she know. And this film managed to comply with this feature, although its too far from Homer at various moments. Visually, the film is excellent, with great costumes, scenery, photography, sound and visual effects. Some of the performances also surprised by the depth and drama, like Peter O'Toole in the role of Priam. Brad Pitt also performed very well, although his character doesn't leave room for him to show all his talent.

The big problem of this movie is the script, which tries to mix various Greek myths with the story of Homer's Iliad, ending up lost and confused by too much information. Consequently, there are characters in the film that have great relevance but hardly appear in the myth (Briseis and Patroclus for example), whereas other characters that mythology values will end up virtually disappeared in the film (Cassandra and Ulysses are obvious examples). Another "victim" of this poorly thought out script was Achilles, a central character in the film, beautifully played by Pitt but a shadow of mythological Achilles, which has a much greater depth and psychological wealth, something that the script didn't know or didn't want to explore. I'm sure that Brad Pitt would have been up to the challenge if writer had followed that path. Unfortunately, he chose to value other things, almost creating sub-plots that then kills at birth by not giving them continuity. There are also characters and situations that arise and only those who know the Greek mythology understand why, because the film doesn't give them any explanation or follow-up. For example, the sudden and momentary appearance of Aeneas at the end of the movie... only who knows the mythology will know that Aeneas is one of the names associated with the founding of Rome.

This movie is a good movie, with good actors and a good story. It would be an even better movie if script was better but, nevertheless, worth seeing it.… Expand

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zNeverSleepingAug 9, 2020

Retratação histórica jogada no lixo a troco do que?

O filme tem um enfoque muito grande no Aquiles, personagem interpretado por Brad Pitt. E gente... o desenvolvimento do mesmo me dá vergonha alheia. Primeiro temos a forçação de barra quantoRetratação histórica jogada no lixo a troco do que?

O filme tem um enfoque muito grande no Aquiles, personagem interpretado por Brad Pitt. E gente... o desenvolvimento do mesmo me dá vergonha alheia. Primeiro temos a forçação de barra quanto a ele. Todo mundo "pagando pau", o exaltando - até mesmo o próprio Rei, sendo que o personagem já cuspiu na cara dele em diversos momentos. Toda questão do seu proposito, no dialogo com sua mão, são contraditórios ao ponto de vista que ele tem ao ser questionado sobre a guerra. A sua relação com a Briseis é perigosa e abre mais uma vez a porta para síndrome de Estocolmo. O figurino do personagem não me agradou. É como se o Brad Pitt não pertencesse aquele universo, muito menos intimidasse seus inimigos. O fato de que o Rei não o matou não me desce de jeito nenhum. O seu "amor" pela briseis muito menos.

Os combates são legais, assim como as batalhas em longa escala. O duelo entre Aquiles e Heitor foi muito bem coreografado. A OST cumpre seu proposito e a fotografia também - se atentando ao gênero.

Sean Bean estava bem no filme. Eric Bana também chamou minha atenção, mesmo sendo limitado em alguns momentos.… Expand

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clem666Feb 19, 2021

I can't even think of the amount of money spinning around this movie. Famous director, a lot of famous actors, a bunch of extras and special effects. The original artwork is quite respected even if the atmosphere of greek tragedies doesn'tI can't even think of the amount of money spinning around this movie. Famous director, a lot of famous actors, a bunch of extras and special effects. The original artwork is quite respected even if the atmosphere of greek tragedies doesn't match at all with all these american eyes and brains.

Brad Pitt's acting is terrible: he always has this kind of angry and dumb face even when he is sorry. I can only salute him for his ability to perform martial choregraphies. He however managed to reduce the overall epicness tone of the movie by attenuating the intensity of the events.

It is really hard to have empathy for any of the characters excepted for Priam, Hector and his wife because the others all look like pre-programmed robots. It is not because your story is written that you have to play it like robots come on.… Expand

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GaryM.May 10, 2004

The fight scenes were a bit money but the dialogue was trite, the story was largely unpolished and the acting was horrendous (i'm looking at you, Mr. Bana.) Visually beautiful, but don't waste your 7 bucks. It's dollar theater The fight scenes were a bit money but the dialogue was trite, the story was largely unpolished and the acting was horrendous (i'm looking at you, Mr. Bana.) Visually beautiful, but don't waste your 7 bucks. It's dollar theater material or con your girlfriend into renting it for you.… Expand

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kyle20ellisMar 26, 2022

Have always been fascinated by Greek mythology and the Trojan War, and Homer's 'Iliad' is a major example as to why. Also love and appreciate many film epics, of which there are numerous classics, and they were the main reasons in my interestHave always been fascinated by Greek mythology and the Trojan War, and Homer's 'Iliad' is a major example as to why. Also love and appreciate many film epics, of which there are numerous classics, and they were the main reasons in my interest in seeing 'Troy' (another being that it was the film of choice at the friend/family weekly film night).

'Troy' had a lot going for it. A talented cast, it is hard to go wrong with Brian Cox, Sean Bean, James Cosmo, Eric Bana, Brendan Gleeson and Peter O'Toole, a more than capable director in Wolfgang Petersen (though he seemed a curious choice on paper) and a fine composer in James Horner. Will admit to not being completely sure about Brad Pitt, in terms of physicality and whether he had the complexity and presence for a character as complex as Achilles, and Orlando Bloom at first. The reviews for 'Troy' were very mixed and still are, some like and even love it and have been very passionate in their defence and others dislike it intensely and are just as passionate in their criticism. My opinion is somewhere in between, leaning towards moderately liked, there are many strengths that have been mentioned and for me some big weak points, so can see both sides of the debate very clearly.

Starting with the positives, 'Troy' looks great. The setting and production look very handsome, evocative and imposing in scale. All beautifully photographed and the editing flows and is at least coherent. Worried that Petersen would struggle with the bigger and bolder approach his directing would need than the claustrophobic approach impressively brought to 'Das Boot', actually he does well in this regard.

Particularly in the action sequences, which are exciting and tremendously well staged, showing the passion that was missing in some of the drama. James Horner's score is nowhere near one of his best or most inspired, the rushed composition process does show, but it does have its rousing, beautiful and haunting parts.

Most of the cast acquits themselves well. Brad Pitt was better than expected as Achilles, not always comfortable but the charisma and passion is definitely there. Eric Bana excels, providing a noble and sympathetic Hector and have no qualms with Sean Bean who has some of the script's better lines. Brian Cox brings relish and steely intensity, while Brendan Gleeson is a powerful presence in a role that in lesser hands would have been incredibly bland. Likewise with luminous Rose Byrne. James Cosmo is as ever reliable, while Peter O'Toole is perfectly cast, on an emotional level he and Bana are the most believable.

Not all the cast fare well, though only two really didn't do much for me. Orlando Bloom is a very characterless Paris, even for a character written as a coward there was nothing interesting about the character and got nothing out of Bloom on a performance level. Diane Kruger has a non-entity role and some of the script's worst lines, and she made the character even blander by bringing absolutely nothing and looking completely lost and even out of place.

Would have liked more passion and deeper characterisation, did like that the film didn't try to take sides or make the characters too black and white but the complexity of some of the characters is lost. The romantic elements fare the worst, whereas the action was exciting and passionate the romantic elements were pure soap opera with no chemistry let alone emotion. It is here where Petersen's direction became static.

Am not going to go into detail about how many inaccuracies and dumbing down there are in order to be kind to the film, but a lot of the dialogue is more cornball and soapy than thought-provoking or natural. The pace is uneven, there is urgency and purpose when needed but in more intimate moments the film does go dead. Am not going to criticise the film massively for being overlong, there are much longer epics out there on film (many classics), though it did feel at times there wasn't enough content and that the film tended to be too on the surface and not have enough substance so for a two and a half hour film some of it felt on the thin side.

Overall, somewhat of a mixed to moderately liked view here where both sides are understandable. 6/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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