Troy DVD

 Great movie...
...and I'd give it more than three stars if the director's cut were not better. That version did not edit out the beautiful breasts of Diane Kruger. Don't you just HATE censorship!! A few over-the-top performances aside from the main characters, it was still quite entertaining (if not COMPLETELY true to the Illiad).
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 Good Picture!
Always a great movie! And on Blue-Ray EVEN BETTER!
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 A much more "fleshed out" storyline
This extended version of TROY gives much more depth to characterization, action, relationships, and (for those who care) nudity. The roles of Ajax, Achilles, Hector, Paris and Helen, among others have all been expanded and enhanced. The entire film has now benefited from a more humanistic and relevant stance. There is a greater sense that we are dealing with REAL people and not just actors playing a part. For this reviewer, there was an immediacy and personal quality to the movie that made it far more involving than its theatrical counterpart. Once again, one must question the editing directives of the Hollywood "suits" when it comes down to determining a film's running time. Not content with ruining many a music score with their uninformed interference, they now force too many movies into a time-linked straight-jacket to their detriment. A recent classic example is KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (and possibly KING KONG and ALEXANDER, to name a few) which was far better in its Director's Cut DVD release. At times, you feel as if you were watching a completely different movie than the one you had already seen. For the "new" TROY, highly recommended.
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 Poor movie except for ONE actor
This movie plays havoc with the history of the Trojan War, and it completely avoids the great role played by the gods and goddesses (and it completely ignores the real cause of the war: the judgment of Paris and subsequent stealing of Helen as a result of that judgment). Brad Pitt is a little comical. Even his ear lobes are buff! The really fine acting comes in only a few moments and it is from the superb Peter O'Toole playing King Priam. An actor like this makes those around him seem even more mediocre.
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 Should have been much better
Certainly not the best movie in the world. The nudity in it was, as with any film, unnecessary. The story is based on the relationship of Paris & Helen. The film does not show the beginning of the relationship so we can see how it started. Instead, we just get the scene where Orlando & the actress are making ?eyes? at each other. This tells us nothing of these people. I think the marketing of the film, using the only point of sale that 1 actor was in it, was poor. I believe there are several ?name? actors in this film. I, myself, was only interested in the film because of Orlando. He is the hot actor of this cast at the moment after ?the Lord of the Rings? films & ?Pirates of the Caribbean?. Let us see, Eric Bana getting himself into films now, Sean Bean who has been around since ?Stormy Monday? & his smaller part in the ?Lord of the Rings? first film & ?Patriot Games?. Peter O?Toole? What about him? No, we receive 1 actor being pushed on us, this actor is the ONLY actor shown on both sides of the film?s DVD & inside there he is AGAIN. It was nice of the film makers to show Eric Bana inside. DVD could have been MUCH better. No deleted scenes, no talking to the actors. This whole production could have been done MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
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