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Troy (2004)
A movie, never to be bored of
Well, how long has it been since the release of troy in cinemas? 9-10 years. It is a movie worth watching, i have watched it at the releases, and i keep on watching it on DVD from time to time. I have watched it like 20 times and i never got bored.
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Great scenes and graphics; everything is well set up.
Great roles and great actors, i love the controversy sides of Achilles; adding some peace and calm to his personality of warrior was and is a must. The scene where Achilles cried while he was wrapping the body of Hector or even the many scenes with Paresia fits well in a historical war movie. I love the fact that Achilles is shown sometimes as bad and others as good; this makes the audience in a more objective attitude toward all the characters.
The words and citations chosen are good enough, they didn't exceed citation from the Iliad nor removed a lot of citations, they have chosen enough citation to affect us and leave an impact in us without making a pure boring historical movie. What about the scene where Priam comes kissing the hand of the person who killed his son !? This scene !! Chapeau bas! the dialog, the acting everything is perfect.
A movie doesn't have to be an "animated copy" of the book, twists need to be made. The changes made in the movie are in its favor, they made it more exciting and added some life to the movie.
Each scene of the movie is unique, do not watch it in a shallow way, think of every word said in the movie, every act done and i promise you'll enjoy the movie and it will move you. That is because there are many deep scenes and stuff to be learned behind each act; starting from the fact that GODS (religion) are not be followed in a blind way, to the fact that love is a Healer-Feeling but also is the origin of many problem, finally to the fact that we are all humans; brothers and sisters; we all make mistakes then ask for mercy! Finally respect toward everyone even your enemies.
Deep Deep Deep! I am not sure why this movie didn't get the success that it deserved (i mean it should have been in the top 10 of the worldwide US box office). Watch it if u didn't watch it yet, and re-watch if you have already watched it before, you 'll definitely see new stuffs now that i have stated some of its deepness.