SPOILER My idiosyncratic take on it. Part two of dialogue

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2004)

Q.Did the film look like art in places?
A.Yes. The scene where Achilles looks up at the Trojans on top of the walls of Troy as he drags Hector's corpse behind his chariot. The nude scenes looked like something Derek Jarman would have been proud of, God rest him.
Q. What were the most unusual/enjoyable parts of the movie?
A.The first sight we have of Achilles in action is suitably impressive: he comes on at speed to Boangryass (I don't blame him) and despatches him with one slice. Agamemnon's ironic sense of humour is enjoyable.He can take the p*ss goodstyle.He would be popular round where I live. "Maybe we should leave our fighting for another day when you are better rested."He can even mock himself:"I gave her(Briseis) to the men." rolling his eyes. What a great way to improve your relationship with Achilles - give his girlfriend to a bunch of squaddies to be gang-raped!The attack at dawn was graphic and unusual:the light changes from night to first light to full day.It is a full visual realisation of the phrase,"prima luce," in all those Latin translations I did at school.Was it my imagination or were the full realisation and acceptance of Achilles' fate registered on his face as he was dying?It looked like he was thinking,"This is it.The moment has come at last.So be it."and he had the b*lls to face it. I was moved as I was by Priam's face watching the fall of Troy.Some of the horses were very good actors, e.g. the big white one bolting down the passage in fright during the sacking of Troy; the one swishing its tail nervously as Triopas decended from his chariot onto the battlefield.They should both be nominated for horse Oscars.(I told you it was idiosyncratic.)
Q.Was Brad Pitt a gorgeous b*st**d in it?
A.Yes he was.
Q.Was it a normal occurrence for the Ancient Greeks to strip bare-b*ll*ck naked in front of people they had just met?
A. Very possibly and it's lucky for us that they did.
Q. The film is about heroic deeds and being remembered for them.It reminds us that there is more to life than standing in line in the supermarket.What have you ever done that was heroic in any way and available to you to do?
A. I joined Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty.