A few plot adjustments

Rating: Null/10 (24 July 2004)

I thought the film "Troy" was a superb effort in film-making. The acting, cinematography and technical aspects of the movie were top-notch. I do, however, have a few quibbles with the screenwriters. First of all, I think it would have been more interesting if Hector had been a woman, perhaps a lounge singer. Then they could have included a couple of upbeat songs to get the audience through all that plot. Secondly, there shouldn't have been a war over Helen. That seemed a tad overwrought and those dusty battle scenes could have been avoided. Paris should have realized his naivete and found a more suitable partner back in Troy and raised a nice family. I think they should have written more funny lines for Priam, too, especially when he's speaking in front of his cabinet. The whole setting should have been moved out of those dreary desert locations and played perhaps in the mountains or on a riverboat. And lastly, neither Hector nor Achilles should have been killed. The only one who really deserved to die was Andromache. Other than that, it was an interesting film.