Johnny Hobeika

Rating: Null/10 (1 April 2005)

When i went to the movies to watch TROY , i didn't know what the movie was about ..... i heard of the legendary "Trojan Horse" , but never before of the whole war ... in other words , i went just because i'm a Brad Pitt fan ... but after i watched the movie , i was simply overtaken by it ... its unbelievably nice !!!! Few Months later , i bought the DVD , and ever since , i've been watching it over & over again !!! It's simply OUTSTANDING !!! I was so overtaken with the whole epic legend that i wanted to know more about "Homer's" masterpiece , and whether or not it really existed .... I began by reading the Illiad , and yes as most of the previous writers i did find a huge gap between Wolfgang's version of the Illiad , and the original story ..... And yes , as previously stated , Greek gods actually play the major role in defining men's destiny .... but i preferred Wolfgang's version .... Look at it this way .... there's too much details about gods to be prevailed in the movie , and if the makers of the movie were to include all these details , than the movie would seem something like "The Matrix" ....in other words , Wolfgang's version of the story is based on reality .... take for instance the death of Achilles . It is originally written that the only way to end the hero's life was through his tendon ,knowing that the hero was dipped in the holy water of the river Styx .... However , Wolfgang previewed his death as the ordinary death of any man , only Achilles pulled out the arrows except that of his foot , which ultimately led people to believe that the only way to kill him was through his tendon .
Eventually , for me , the whole movie is simply PERFECT !!!! If it weren't , i wouldn't have watched it everyday for the last 6 months , and told others to do so .... The whole tragedy made actually consider of leaving MY mark in the world ... i now aim at immortality just like Achilles . My goal is to actually achieve something in life so that i would live on peoples tongues ,books , and tales for generations and generations to come .....