Troy

This week I’m going to go back a few years in movies to the movie “Troy.”  The movie is packed with stars including Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom.  A lot of the mythology around the story was taken out but there is plenty of action to make up for it.  There’s even a little bit of romance thrown in, just enough to not bog down the movie and make it boring.

                Brad Pitt, Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom are the main focus points of the movie but they used plenty of other big name actors to fill the rest of the spots.  The best part of the movie is probably the fight between Achilles (Pitt) and Hector (Bana).  Earlier in the movie Hector had killed Achilles’ cousin so Achilles rides his chariot up to the city walls by himself to challenge Hector.  Bana did a real good job of showing, through his acting, the fear that must have been racing through Hector as he prepared to go out and face Achilles.

                The end of the movie is somewhat sad but adds a little bit of the possible mythology back into the story.  I’m sure that most everyone has seen this movie already, especially those of you who love action movies.  Sometimes it’s good to go back to an older movie to remind people of what movies they may have forgotten.  If you’re one of the many who have seen this movie then just go back and re-watch and re-enjoy it.  If you’re one of the few who haven’t seen it then go check it out.  You won’t be disappointed.

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