{"id":2516,"date":"2004-05-23T19:02:58","date_gmt":"2004-05-24T09:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/troy\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T10:28:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T18:28:49","slug":"troy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/23\/troy\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11008,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/troymovie.warnerbros.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20120220183927\\\/http:\\\/\\\/troymovie.warnerbros.com:80\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 11:26:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 11:26:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6561,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/us.imdb.com\\\/name\\\/nm0000093&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20101108200257\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.us.imdb.com:80\\\/name\\\/nm0000093\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 06:11:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 06:11:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11009,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00003W8NM\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/exec\\\/obidos\\\/asin\\\/B00003W8NM\\\/djwudicom-20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Prairie and I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/troymovie.warnerbros.com\/\" title=\"Troy\">Troy<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn&#8217;t <em>supposed<\/em> to be a comedy, was it?<\/p>\n<p>So, so disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>For the longest time, I didn&#8217;t think much of <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000093\/\" title=\"Brad Pitt\">Brad Pitt<\/a>. His acting didn&#8217;t impress me much in many of his earlier films, and he always struck me as little more than a pretty boy with long blonde hair for the ladies to drool over. Then came <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/asin\/B00003W8NM\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Fight Club\">Fight Club<\/a>, and suddenly it became clear that the man <em>could<\/em> act, and could do a damn good job of it, too. Unfortunately, with Troy, he seems to have gone back to the &#8220;pretty boy&#8221; routine. Strike a pose onscreen, look good, pout a lot, and try to let that carry the movie instead of actually acting.<\/p>\n<p>I was, however, amused by the constant camera angles that highlighted a nearly naked Brad Pitt putting the very bottom of the shot <em>just barely<\/em> above where it would otherwise have been indecent. I&#8217;m not entirely sure what amused me more: that this shot was a recurring theme, or hearing Prairie beside me muttering, &#8220;Just a little bit lower&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also, during the big fight sequences, Achillies had one particular move that was featured in every major fight: a leap into the air, twist to the left, and stab downwards with his sword. My thought each time was that that&#8217;s <em>got<\/em> to be his hidden &#8220;power move&#8221; &#8212; left-right-left-down-A-A-B-A, and <strong><em>WHAM<\/em><\/strong>, Achilles wins again!<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;ve figured out why Helen was considered such a prize. Apparently &#8212; at least according to this film &#8212; she was the <em>only<\/em> blonde woman in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that&#8230;bad dialogue, bad music, and overall, some pretty bad acting. A few pretty pictures, and only one halfway interesting fight (Achilles vs.\u00a0Hector), but that was about the most it had going for it.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I can&#8217;t even recommend it as a rental.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes:<\/strong> &#8220;Ave., The&#8221; by Run-D.M.C. from the album <em>Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991<\/em> (1990, 4:07).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prairie and I saw Troy this weekend. 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