Remember.......Remember ......

Rating: 8/10 (11 December 2007)

The Motion Picture is something of a Delemma.There is nothing in its place in society if you will that should provide for anything more than an illusion which as far as illusions go well an illusion is just that,an illusion! That doesn't mean that there nothing worthy of mentioning but it may not as such be the kind of mention that is customarily associated with the writing of a review about the dilemma that such as this illusion provides for.There is more here than merely an illusion at work but something of a calculation as to the place that the motion picture,perhaps this motion picture but irregardless the motion picture and its marketing have benefited from.This particular motion picture entitled "Troy" provides the backdrop of a time past with perhaps a few thousand years to account for, but nonetheless a time past appears as having been eclipsed in this motion picture entitled "Troy".The siren,like the voice echoes through out the film with some very dramatic if subtle themes being developed while the film goes on and a historic and valuable part of Ancient Greek History unfolds.It is suggested in the films credits that the backdrop of Homers,"The "lliad" as well as "The Odessey" are at the source of the story telling ability."The Iliad" for arguments sake is merely about the last year or so in an event that for a time was thought never to have happened.The cause as to these doubts had as much to do with ability to place these events as it did in the events actually occurring.It further can be suggested that Homer was thought more to be a story teller than a teller of the stories of history.The general opinion was that Homer exaggerated events and this of course lent a inability to believe in the story in its entirety or even at all.The dilemma then resurfaces because one appears to be as unreliable as another and as yet we are but in the year 2007 while these events were said to have occurred sometime prior to AD.The film opens with a wide open landscape,beautiful virtually untouched beaches and a narration as to the end of time and the beginning of the timeless and eternal quest for immortality.This perhaps as best as it can be authenticated was a preoccupation of the then pagan(worshiping of many Gods-or perhaps no God at all,or no religion)Greek Society.It is worth mentioning that the motion picture attempts to tell the story of "The Trojan War".The attacks by the Greek Army was virulent with devastation and ruin accompanying the ultimate cost to Troy with its defeat.It is a very tragic tale of a verified youth,whose royal blood was no less kin to the "King of Troy:King Prium",this youths name was Paris.It has been generally established that indeed this impetious young man made a conquest of the another rivals wife in whose name bore the burden of "Helen of Sparta" and like the film states sparked this terrible conflict.Hector,the older brother to Paris was to far along the route back to Troy when he was advised by Paris that there was a guest on board which he was concerned about.This was to happen while they sailed for Troy when it was then revealed to Hector that his younger brother Paris had been unfaithful.This created one hell of a mess and the on board conversation between Hector and Paris was a useful if not portent of a disaster unfolding.Though this is mentioned after the fact, this unfaithful relationship was underway as the two countries which had been rivals more so than enemies,though enemies to be certain,now there was to be discord that added insult to injury as they(Helen and Paris) loved while the countries celebrated a peace.Truly this was a disaster!The approaching doom was sealed when she did not return immediately and a tremendous armada of ships and men,some 50,000 strong set sail for the beaches of "Troy".The Truth as to events about to unfold was that many heroes according to Greek Culture were to die including AJAX,Hector,Achilles,Paris.With the sacking of "Troy" Achilles authored a kind of revenge by desecrating the Temple of Apollo,one of the many Gods that the Trojan people worshiped.They also killed un-armed Priests as they prayed as well as taking captive those that prayed.Achilles was thought of and even today he is considered the very mightiest of warriors and was blessed by the Gods.He was there greatest warrior with a select band of very skilled men in his personal elite force of mamodens.The film is authored by Heroes whose frames and fierceness are only seconded by there loyalty to there King and their country.The battle scenes are engaging and mightily told as camera work with computer animated graphics make a modest amount look like many many thousand,from men to ships.It is done well.The music is very good with a theme song that will echo if you will as the story unfolds,entitled "Remember".The Greeks of that day had rituals which were observed when there dead had to be removed from the battlefield.It is a moving moment a dramatic detail that there was more at stake here than merely the fighting of a battle.It was the honor,the duty of every Greek man to provide a witness unto Greece herself in his duty as a warrior.It was no joke it was for real and indeed this sacking of Troy was brutal stuff.With the tolling of the Bell from Troys watchtowers along the beach,they warned of the impending peril foretold now approaches with unmistakable certainty.The horizon filled with the promised armada with Achilles landing on the beach first.It was a big time fight and one which both morality and honor were a part of the taking of life.It is these themes that are interwoven into the very telling of the story of "Troy".