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RE: Review - Troy
by skullaria at 8:58 pm EDT, May 15, 2004

Nope, Acidius, they left ALL that out. A few brief mentions of the Gods -Its not accurate to Homer.

Its just about war really - man against man. No man against the Gods.

Hope you are having a good weekend. :)

-Skull

Acidus wrote:
] ] doing the things they were doing? There were lame attempts
] to
] ] explain why Achilles and Odyseus were there fighting in this
]
] ] war against Troy for a king they disliked, but they didn't
] add
] ] up. Just WHY Helen defected to Troy, but they were
] ] superficial and unbelievable.
]
] So how close to the myths is the movie. As someone who took
] Latin for 4 years, I like it when movies try to stay true to
] the roots.
]
] Do they talk about the golden apple of discord. How much about
] Paris and his choice to give the golden apple and thus causing
] the war? Do they talk about how and why the gods took sides?
] Any sign of Aeneas and his flight from Troy? Does Hector do
] anything other than be a bad ass? You son didn't know why King
] Priam ordered the brought the horse in? Did they not show the
] Laocoon eaten by sea snakes for saying to refuse the horse?
]
] The History of the Trojan war is quite cool.
] http://www.kultur.gov.tr/portal/arkeoloji_en.asp?belgeno=814

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