Troy was good, the critics on this site are not

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2004)

Hey everyone,
I have two pieces of advice for you: One, go see Troy. It was pretty good, all things considered, and definitely better than many other movies. Two, don't listen to all the crap coming from a lot of people on this site. All they are really here for is to brag about how they saw the movie before its official release and to butcher it, no matter whether it was really good or not. You know how it is these days, if a person says that the movie is good, they sound like an airhead with no opinion who just stares at Hollywood stars and drools all day. However, if a person complains and complains and tears the movie apart (just like the wolf with the three little pigs), then all of a sudden this person thinks that he or she appears cultivated and knowledgeable. What a laugh! Pleeeeeease! If you complain about a movie, at least do it right.... Stick to what you really know and most of all, be respectful (a foreign concept to some it would seem. Just see all the stupid posts with racist comments on the 'Brokeback Mountain' message board. Yes, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal will play gay cowboys in this movie. So what! Get over it!)
1) Yes, Troy is not a perfect version of the real story, but then again they NEVER said it would be. So just sit back and enjoy the movie for what it is.
2) The actors all did quite a good job portraying whom they were supposed to portray. Sure, they were not really Oscar deliveries but they weren't all bad either. Come on, Brad WAS convincing as a killer bent on being remembered for eternity, Bana WAS convincing as the noble Hector and Orlando Bloom WAS convincing in his portrayal of a naive, vain and coward Paris. Oh and for all those people who said that they thought they were seeing Legolas, I would say that you need to get a new pair of glasses....or redo that laser surgery you had done last year. Legolas has blond hair, he's an elf, his wisdom is limitless and he embodies gracefulness while being a most cunning warrior. Paris was NOTHING like him. Actually, he was pretty much the complete opposite, which was what Orlando was supposed to portray. So stop bitching about this actor. I truly think that most of you would have done a much worse portrayal than he did. Or are you all just jealous of his fame, fortune and good looks? How sad!
Finally, for those of you who said that ALL the people in the movie theater were laughing at ALL of Orlando's lines, wouldn't you say that you are ALL exaggerating a TINY LITTLE BIT? Do you really think it makes you sound more interesting to say ALL instead of A FEW IDIOTS?
Funny, I have seen the movie a few times already and no one laughed in my theater, which was full, by the way. Hum......What does that imply?
TangoNova