Troy-DVD

Troy (2004), Dir. Wolfgang Petersen

Yeah, I saw this movie the first time, when it was called Gladiator. Although I don't mind scantily clad Brad, I found myself checking my watch and wondering how much more there was. Apart from interesting costumes, there's not much else to find interesting in a story that is inherently interesting. Ah, the ruination of a classic tale. Nobody does it better than Hollywood. With disorienting and frenetic battle scenes that reduce the tale to just a bunch of boys with sharp objects, and camera strategies that are meant to be fantastic only in their execution, this film falls flat on its face. Nothing about the composition of the shots portrays the human stories mixed in with the legendary personalities. It is like a video game, nothing more.

For this film, I say whatever. Read the book. It's better.