My thoughts on Troy

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2008)

Well to start off I love this movie. Everything about it just puts me in awe. The actors and how they played their roles so well. The special effects to make this movie spectacular. The fight scenes which made me clench my fists. The costumes that were completely beautiful. I will first start off by talking about the actors. Brian Cox who plays Agamemnon does a great job acting as a bad guy. I loved his facial expressions and just that attitude that he gives off while watching the movie. Next is Brad Pitt as Achilles. Achilles is my favorite character in this story because he is a pure warrior. He is the best fighter in this whole story and I thought that it sucked when he had to die from the coward and wuss Paris, played by Orlando Bloom. I think that Brad Pitt did an excellent job fitting the part of the almighty Achilles, from his body structure to his acting ability. The next person i will talk about is Orlando Bloom acting as Paris. I felt that Orlando Bloom did an excellent job acting as the wimpy and young Paris in this story. I personally don't like the character Paris for that he is a coward and does irrational things. For example, how he started the war between Sparta and troy when they were suppose to be joining forces. If it wasn't for Paris then they wouldn't have gone to war, and Hector wouldn't have to die by Achilles for killing his cousin Patroclus. Another reason why I don't like Paris is that he kills Achilles even though he saves Briseis and he can see that Briseis and Achilles have something together. I guess he did that because he wanted revenge for killing his brother. Overall I just think of Paris as childish and stupid. The next character I will talk about is Hector, played by Eric Bana. I personally love this character also because he is just an overall good guy in every way. He is the picture-perfect big brother because he watches over Paris. He is a warrior who is the second best fighter amongst Achilles. He is a great leader because he led the Trojans against the Greeks. And he is a good son who did what he could to please his father King Priam. It was a sad moment when Achilles killed Hector, and then dragged his body with his chariot back to the Greek camp. The next character i will talk about is Patroclus, played by Garret Hedlund. I think Patroclus was played out very well also. In the movie Patroclus was the closest with Achilles because they were supposedly cousins. When Patroclus wear Achilles armor and goes into battle and dies Achilles is devastated. Achilles then goes into a rampage and summons Hector to fight. Overall I feel that Garret did an excellent job playing Patroclus.