INCREDIBLE job on the Fight-scenes

Rating: 10/10 (29 January 2006)

I think I'm pretty critical about my films.
Still I thought so many scenes & lines of dialogue were excellent & unforgettable. The stories & the lines were complex, dramatic, insightful, imaginative, psychological, archetypal.
I had not expected such a violent film (I know, duh, it's about a battle!) and being female, it wasn't exactly what compelled me to see it - I love drama & Greek mythology (& never really spent much time thinking about Brad's abs).
But one of the most unique things about this film was the way the fightscenes were "choreographed", they were so innovative, original, unexpected, exciting! I get pretty bored of fightscenes & battles - absolutely CAN'T watch WWII war films, & the big fights in Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, the Matrix are usually the worse bit of the film for me. But for some reason I can't forget the fights in Troy - they were really COOL & totally MEMORABLE !
(Coming from a "peace-loving" chick like me I think Werner Herzog should consider himself lucky! ;-)
If you haven't seen this film, GO RENT IT a.s.a.p.!