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"Troy is pants then"

Daily Telegraph

It's a disgrace. As an adaptation of The Iliad, it's a pathetic joke. But even on its own crude, blockbusting terms, Troy feels like a depressingly ordinary Lord of the Rings spin-off, peppered with uninvolving battle scenes and self-important intrigue

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Lots of reviews I've read slate the film and it is amazing that they've removed the Gods from this Greek mythological tragedy. It looks like Hollywood have created another big budget dumbed-down film for the simpletons of this world.

I'll watch it and make up my own mind of course, but I fear the worst.

I did Higher Latin at school, and one of our exams was on our interpretation of a huge chuck of the Aenead.

We had to cover the part where he goes to the Underworld, that's why I liked the references to it in Troy, they were actually acurate.

Bonus wrote:
> We need a movie or a game of the Aenead, and we need one now :D

Weird you should mention this, I've just been lent a copy of the book.

Troy was good.

It was an adaptation of the Iliad to make the thing seem like it actually happened that way, and not like some made up story.

Maybe people who wanted an actual film of the Iliad would have been disappointed, but I doubt anyone here has actually seen a copy of The Iliad, never mind read it.

I'd like to see the Aenead done as a film. Anyone who has seen Troy, but is interested in the whole Mythology of the Underworld, the River Styx and the Boatman should go see this.

I hate Harry Potter for turning the fearful Cerberus into a puppy dog.

We need a movie or a game of the Aenead, and we need one now :D

This is the second film that looks like it will disappoint me this summer, I was looking forward to the concept of Van Helsing, and this, but reviews haven't been great.

Guess I'll find out for myself soon enough. (I just know Sean Bean as Odysseus will rule though - they should do a sequel of The Odyssey)

Went and saw it. Pretty good, although it was extremely long and was interspersed with very long and boring talking.

The action was impressive CGI wise, but it wasnt actually that interesting, and Achilles only seemed to have one cool move which he milks completely throughout the film.

And the story has been changed a hell of a lot. *shakes fist angrily*

Hopefully it won't be as bad as they say it is, as I am going to see it.

*unearthly silence*

*tumbleweed*

Would anyone else oppose the public removal of the hands (or tongue) of Paul Ross, so we aren't subjected to his madness?

Wait.
THey've adapted the wrong part, it's what's DIRECTLY before the hrse that's good, not waaaaaaaay before the horse.

"It's Vantastic" -Paul Ross on Van Helsing

*cringes*