Troy
I've now seen Troy twice - once with Ben, and once with Carley, Ben, and Nad - and, I will say, I liked it better the second time, and while it was quite good, I was expecting much more both times.
Nad put it very well in his blog, where he said that it is an epic only in length (close to three hours). It's directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who also did Das Boot, Air Force One, and, I think in this case, most importantly, The Perfect Storm (he didn't do Pirates, I thought he did, but that was Gore Verbinski). The reason that Perfect Storm is important here is that it porves that he is able to make a big movie. Perfect Storm wasn't that great, but it was big. There were a lot of wide angled shots, which huge landscapes and great shots.
With Troy, you kind of had the impression that everything that he was filming was much smaller than it should have been. For example, when he shows what should be a majestic shot of the city of Troy, he focuses far too much on the foreground, making the background look much less important and much smaller in scope. Whereas in a movie like Lord of the Rings, you know the models of the city are huge and extravagant, in Troy you get the idea that they only built enough of the city so it would look good on camera, and didn't finish anything off. That's hard to explain, but I'm sticking to it.
One last point about the direction - he used one of the most amateurish, 1970s TV show, villain shots ever. When Odysseus (Sean Bean, booyeah) and Achilles (Brad Pitt) are discussing whether he will come along to Troy, the camera begins panning up and, once again, you expect a majestic shot, but nope. Petersen zooms in over Achilles' shoulder to a close-up of Odysseus. You kind of expect to hear "Duh-duh-duhhhhh" in the background. Bad shot.
But the movie wasn't all bad, like I said, I liked it a lot. The acting is top-notch (Pitt, Bean, Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole, Brian Cox), with the exception of two - Orlando Bloom (Paris) and Diane Kruger (Helen). The two fall in love, and I've gotta say, whatever kids they had would be the most vacant beings on the planet. They're both cardboard, for Christ's sake. They have absolutely no emotion in their faces, and it looks like they're made of porcelain.
All in all, a good movie with very good fight scenes, and, for the most part, outstanding acting. It left a little to be desired in the "epic" category, and if you haven't seen it already maybe you'll want to wait until Tuesday to see it.
I've now seen Troy twice - once with Ben, and once with Carley, Ben, and Nad - and, I will say, I liked it better the second time, and while it was quite good, I was expecting much more both times.
Nad put it very well in his blog, where he said that it is an epic only in length (close to three hours). It's directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who also did Das Boot, Air Force One, and, I think in this case, most importantly, The Perfect Storm (he didn't do Pirates, I thought he did, but that was Gore Verbinski). The reason that Perfect Storm is important here is that it porves that he is able to make a big movie. Perfect Storm wasn't that great, but it was big. There were a lot of wide angled shots, which huge landscapes and great shots.
With Troy, you kind of had the impression that everything that he was filming was much smaller than it should have been. For example, when he shows what should be a majestic shot of the city of Troy, he focuses far too much on the foreground, making the background look much less important and much smaller in scope. Whereas in a movie like Lord of the Rings, you know the models of the city are huge and extravagant, in Troy you get the idea that they only built enough of the city so it would look good on camera, and didn't finish anything off. That's hard to explain, but I'm sticking to it.
One last point about the direction - he used one of the most amateurish, 1970s TV show, villain shots ever. When Odysseus (Sean Bean, booyeah) and Achilles (Brad Pitt) are discussing whether he will come along to Troy, the camera begins panning up and, once again, you expect a majestic shot, but nope. Petersen zooms in over Achilles' shoulder to a close-up of Odysseus. You kind of expect to hear "Duh-duh-duhhhhh" in the background. Bad shot.
But the movie wasn't all bad, like I said, I liked it a lot. The acting is top-notch (Pitt, Bean, Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole, Brian Cox), with the exception of two - Orlando Bloom (Paris) and Diane Kruger (Helen). The two fall in love, and I've gotta say, whatever kids they had would be the most vacant beings on the planet. They're both cardboard, for Christ's sake. They have absolutely no emotion in their faces, and it looks like they're made of porcelain.
All in all, a good movie with very good fight scenes, and, for the most part, outstanding acting. It left a little to be desired in the "epic" category, and if you haven't seen it already maybe you'll want to wait until Tuesday to see it.
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