Troy - The Hollywood fable

Rating: 2/10 (17 July 2011)

Once again Hollywood has made a fairly entertaining movie but deviates so far from the real story it can hardly be called Troy. First Helen was more than likely abducted from Sparta and she left a 9 year old daughter there. She considered Paris a total coward and had relations with Paris' brother. After Paris's death, his brother Deiphobus married Helen until he was killed mercilessly by Menelaus when he invaded Troy to take back Helen. King Menelaus of Sparta was not killed by Hector and survived the war and returned to Sparta. There are many more deviations from the real story but I guess you can interpret as you see fit to sell more DVD's.
The scenery shots and battle scenes were very well done, as was the rest of the movie for that matter. Its just not historical accurate at all.
So Hollywood continues its journey rewriting history to create a love story that sells more tickets and DVD's.