Legends, Myths, Gods and Goddesses
This is the story about the fight between the Trojans and the Greeks, supposedly after Helen of Sparta left with Paris, one of the sons of Troy. It's a story of the most talked about fight between Achilles and Hector. Based on Homer's book The Iliad. Altho there's parts in it that are different the bases is still the same. Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger.
Altho it wasn't a big hit at the box office, I enjoyed it even with the little changes.

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The Trojan War
A Brief Story on the Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology, and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer. The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy, while the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the Achaean leaders. Other parts of the war were told in a cycle of epic poems, which has only survived in fragments. Episodes from the war prov...
Myth, Legend or just a Movie??
what do you think about the Trojan Wara
The Differences between Book and Movie
The Iliad verses Troy

In the movie it's stated that Agamemnon brought the kings together for this war, which really isn't true. Helen had many powerful suitors and her father was too afraid to pick one of them for her husband in fear of offending the others. Odysseus convinced him to make a contract with the other suitors that made them promise that should anything happen to Helen, the other kings would assist in getting her back. When Paris kidnapped her from Menelaus, they were bound to honor their promise and help to return her. When Paris was born, it was predicted that he would be the downfall of Troy, so he was sent into the mountains without any knowledge of who he really was. Aphrodite was the one who promised him the most beautiful woman in the world and started the Trojan War.
In the movie Patroclus is Achilles's cousin but in the book he is his lover. I'm glad they made the change in the movie tho, cause I just couldn't picture Brad Pitt with a male lover (not that there's anything wrong with that).
In the movie Briseis is a member of Priam's family which she actually wasn't. She was simply a slave girl that Achilles in fact did fall in love with and Agamemnon did steal from him. And she didn't kill Agamemnon like they said in the movie. Agamemnon actually made it back home where his wife and her lover murdered him.
Altho Hector was a great warrior in his time, after he killed Patroclus, he didn't actually come out to face Achilles as easily as the movie depicts it. Achilles chased him around the walls of Troy 3 times before he actually stopped to fight him. Hector never killed Menelaus either or Ajax. Ajax committed suicide after Odysseus was given Achilles armor over him.
Now I understand that a movie has only a couple of hours in it and there's alot to the Trojan War then time would permit in a movie so they have to condense in down. But this war took about 20 years to finish and not the few months or so that is depicted in the movie. And Helen helped in it's destruction along with Odysseus. All in all tho, I do like this movie and it is worth it to watch.

Myth, Legend or Baloney
So what do you think? Myth? Legend? Baloney? Would you believe the book or the movie is more correct?

Agamemnon
The Rest of the Lineup
other actors and actresses in the movie Troy that deserve mention
Besides Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom there was some other very fine actors in this movies as well.Peter O'Toole
Saffron Burrows
Diane Kruger
Brian Cox
Sean Bean
I have to say tho that of all the actors in this movie the only one that struck me as being a bad one was Garrett Hedlund who played Patroclus, maybe because he doesn't have enough "jobs" under his belt but he was just bad.
The Movie Troy
and you have to also watch the Odyssey
Don't forget to also watch the Odyssey as well, it's Odysseus' journey home from The Trojan War. And there's also Homer's, The Illiad.
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starlitparlit wrote...
So interesting. I love learning about these kind of things!





