Tag: Troy

What about the more controversial and weaker aspects of the film? Well, the mythological dimension of the legend has been all but exorcised in the film. In the legend, the Greek Gods in part from their rivalry and also that

OK, what about the movie now? I’ll start by commenting on the good parts. Firstly, Petersen’s film cleverly centers his narrative not on the main story – the stealing of Helen and the war – but on the two opposing

For those of us who’re not familiar with the legend, here’s my summary of it. Paris, a young prince of Troy, is visited by three Goddess who poses to him a question: who’s the fairest of them all. Athena promises

Troy (2004). While blogging about John Woo’s Red Cliff the other day, my mind ventured into a similar retelling of an ancient story of war, tragedy and love: The Trojan War. I dug out my blu-ray edition of Wolfgang Petersen’s