| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | TROY (2004) |
| Director | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Writer | Homer, David Benioff |
| Lead Actor | Brad Pitt |
| Cast | Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Release Date | May 14, 2004 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 43m(163 min) |
| Budget | $185 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 7.3/10 |
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TROY
The independent kingdoms around the Aegean Sea 3,200 years ago are being unified into the nation of Greece by wars of aggression led by men like King Agamemnon (Brian Cox). Troy alone remains unconquerable. Achilles (Brad Pitt) is the penultimate hero who does the bidding of Agamemnon when he so chooses. This bigger than life soldier hero seeks only eternal glory and remembrance.
The two princes of Troy, Paris (Orlando Bloom) and his older brother, Hector (Eric Bana), are ending a peaceful visit to the kingdom of Sparta when Paris declares his love for Queen Helen (Diane Kruger), wife of King Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson).
Paris sneaks her aboard the ship as they depart. Hector wants to turn back, but gives in to his brother’s ill-fated lustful demands to bring Helen to Troy.
Menelaus wants his wife back so he creates an alliance with his brother Agamemnon, who calls for 1,000 ships to set sail in pursuit. The island kingdoms and Thessaly form an alliance, but each king has his own motives for going to war love, greed, ambition, pride.
Achilles travels with the fleet but then refuses to wage war against the Trojans. The Greeks suffer a terrible defeat. Achilles’ sergeant, Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund), goes into battle. Hector kills him, thinking he is Achilles. Achilles is filled with rage and kills Hector. Troy is about to fall and Achilles’ weakness is revealed. Based on Homer’s ancient Greek poem The Iliad, Troy is ably directed by Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm, Air Force One). The film suffers from an imbalance between unimaginative dialogue that defaults into clichés and some insightful statements about the gross futility and vanity of war.
As I watched this film, I couldn’t help thinking of current events, as well as the role that religion played in that ancient conflagration. As then, so now, religion is used to rationalize and justify war as a means to solve problems for every side involved.
Fighting for a place in immortality was why the Greeks went to war. Thoughtful viewers may ask. In the final analysis is it really any different today? What have we learned? Ambitious spectacle, grand and terrible epic; sexuality, partial nudity and battlefield violence.
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