Produced by units in malta, mexico and britains shepperton studios, the film features an ensemble cast led by brad pitt, eric bana, and orlando bloom. It is loosely based on homers iliad in its narration of the entire story of the decadelong trojan warcondensed into little more. Troy achilles wasnt mythical achilles, in the movie his heel only hut him when paris shot an arrow through it. Although homer does not tell us about the death of achilles, in the iliad, ancientgreek artifacts tell the story in their illustrations. Both eleftherios tserkezis and tyler rhys smith wrote excellent answers. Odysseus persuasion speech for its remarkable portrayal of ancient greek competitive, glory seeking eth. Achilles is informed of his cousins death and vows revenge. With brad pitt, eric bana, orlando bloom, julian glover. With the help of achilles, the greeks are able to fight the never before defeated trojans. After hectors death, the greeks make a plan to come into troy using a wooden horse. In the movie troy the director makes the decision to start the movie at the start of the war, giving the viewers some background information as to why the war had actually began rather than starting nine years into the war like in the iliad, ragegoddess, sing the rage of peleus son achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the achaeans. Brad pitt delivers one of the best performances of his career as achilles, giving the. Troy movie simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Agamemnon is inspired to attack troy by a dream sent by the gods, who want to bring his army misery for taking briseis away from achilles. Troy 2004, the movie greek gods, mythology of ancient. Achilles would respond, by stabbing leonidas through with a spear. When paris goes to retrieve his sword after the death of agamemnons. Plot in ancient greece, the love between paris, prince of troy, and helen, queen of sparta, has been the main cause of the war that, in literature, has destroyed an entire civilization. Slater poem vs film the iliad vs troy achilles and hector fighting with athena and apollo on both sides of the warriors introduction written by the ancient greek poet, homer, the iliad was an epic documented on the nearly 10year long war between the trojans and the greeks. When paris takes away helen to her husband menelaus, king of sparta, he makes an intolerable affront to the entire family and to menelaus brother agamemnon himself who, as the king of mycenae. However, its not achilles but his father patroclus. He was a major character in the iliad by homer where he fought in the trojan war against the city of troy. Troja ist ein usamerikanischer spielfilm des deutschen regisseurs wolfgang petersen aus.
Upon word of the death of patroclus, achilles finally agreed to fight with the greeks. Did hector have a realistic chance of defeating achilles. Better a couple of hundred sweaty warriors than two masses of 50,000 men marching. The place where troy strays the furthest from the iliad is the relationship between brad pitts achilles and patroclus. The 2004 movie version of the legend of the trojan war, starring brad pitt as achilles, eric bana as hector, orlando bloom as paris, diane kruger as helen, brian cox as agamemnon, peter otoole as priam, rose byrne as briseis, and sean bean as odysseus in one of his rare notdying roles the film is not technically an adaptation of homers iliad, despite common. According to homer, achilles was brought up by his mother at phthia with his cousin and inseparable companion patroclus. The mourners include andromache, hecabe, and helen, all of whom perform individual laments for his death. Happy man, you died on the fields of troy, a world away from home, and the best of trojan and argive champions died around you, fighting for your corpse. Achilles most notable feat during the trojan war was the slaying of the trojan prince hector outside the gates of troy. Troy 2004 the death of patroclus movieclips youtube. He was a man, he didnt have divine gifts his mother gave him. Birth of achilles achilles father was peleus, king of the myrmidons, and his mother was thetis, a sea nymph. View quote removing his helmet now you know who youre fighting. Other ancient works excluding the iliad portray the two characters as lovers, while homer doesnt explicitly state that they are or arent lovers.
Achilles profile of the greek hero of the trojan war. Chief among these was the elimination of the involvement of the gods and goddesses in the lives of men at troy. Of course, there are lot of things which are skipped in the movie, but you cant expect all of them in two and a half hour long movie. With its beautiful actors, breathtaking scenery and costumes, the movie troy is a movie for hollywood that is sure to be a box office hit. The iliad ends with the funeral of hector, held during a 12day truce granted by achilles. Boagrius fight, for its dynamic camera and originality. The movie sidesteps the existence of the greek gods, turns its heroes into action movie cliches and demonstrates that were getting tired of computergenerated armies. Troy, the movie, and the mystery of the missing gods. Troy is a 2004 american epic war film produced by helena productions and. They envy us because were mortal, because any moment might be our last. Achilles beloved cousin patrocles disguises himself as achilles and leads the myrmidons into battle.
When geralt shows up instead of hector, achilles gets angry but decides to duel him anyway. Homers sprawling tale of love and war in ancient greece comes to the screen in all its grandeur in this epicscale adventure. The neck wound looks only half as bad in the theatrical version. Penthesileia killed many greeks before achilles killed her. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know. Achilles, in greek mythology, son of the mortal peleus, king of the myrmidons, and the nereid, or sea nymph, thetis. Troy movie, certain decisions were made that had dramatic and, depending on how you look at the troy movie, devastating consequences. Troy is a 2004 epic historical war drama film directed by wolfgang petersen and written by. Achilles buries his cousin after the later was killed by hector of troy. Just prior to this, achilles had reclaimed briseis from agamemnon and, under her influence, decided to leave the battle. According to apollodorus, among the greeks to fall to her deadly spear, was the physician machaon, the son of asclepius. Lets take fate out of the equation and hector was fat. An adaptation of homers great epic, the film follows the assault on troy by the united greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.
Without the hand of apollo to guide the arm of paris, achilles should have survived and might well have. See more ideas about troy achilles, troy and achilles. With troys new ally, the amazons and their queen drove back the greeks. Here we see ajax carrying the lifeless body of achilles. Briseis is not taken away from achilles until after the war has begun. As the story goes, an enraged achilles put on the armor and killed hectorsignificantly with the ash speardirectly outside of the gates of troy, and then dishonored hectors body by dragging it around tied to the back of a chariot for nine consecutive days. Although the death of achilles is not presented in the iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the trojan war by paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow. Achilles was one of the greatest warriors and heroes in greek mythology. In troy, achilles is a hotblooded, masterful warrior who is spiteful of the gods and driven to achieve glory. Achilles is sparring with his lover patroclus, who the film insists is just his cousin. Troy is a thrilling ride, one of the years best and most underrated action movies. This is a weak defense, however, for surely there must have been a way to weave in. In troy hector is a courageous, loyal, honorable warrior.
As the greeks are close to losing, achilles comes with the myrmidons, and joins the fight. He dragged hectors body behind his chariot all the way back to the achaean. He kills many greek men and kills hero ajax, king menelaus and also mistakenly kills patroclus after thinking he was fighting achilles because patroclus was wearing achilles armour. Troy, starring brad pitt, is a historical travesty film the guardian. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips. Troy is based on the epic poem the iliad by homer, according to the credits.
I pulled out of another movie and then had to do something for the studio. Hector had begged for an honorable burial in troy, but achilles was determined to humiliate his enemy even in death. Achilles death is foretold, but does not occur in the illiad, which leaves the trojan war unresolved. An adaptation of homers great epic, the film follows the assault on troy by the united.
Box office film and 2005 teen choice awards choice movie actor brad pitt. Troy is a 2004 epic historical war drama film directed by wolfgang petersen and written by david benioff. In the film, the two are portrayed as cousins, with achilles being a mentor to his younger relative. Troy, based on the iliad, has proven to be a very loose adaptation of homers classic and one cannot help noticing the major differences between the book and the movie. Let them say i lived in the time of hector, tamer of horses. The full story of trojan war troy and the death of achilles. It is loosely based on homers iliad in its narration of the entire story of the decadelong trojan warcondensed into little more than a. Achilles was the bravest, handsomest, and greatest warrior of the army of agamemnon in the trojan war.
Alexander the great and hephaestion who made symbolic public references to achilles and patroclus, damon and pythias, orestes and pylades, harmodius and aristogeiton are pairs of comrades who gladly face danger and death for and beside each other. Achilles is told of his cousins death and almost strangles briseis in his anger. After hectors death, his wife andromache was enslaved by the son of achilles, and his son astyanax was killed. The image illustrates an attic blackfigure lekythos, created around 510.
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