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	Troy (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Troy is a movie released on May 14, 2004 about the Trojan War, which is described in Homer's Iliad and other Greek myths as having taken place in Anatolia (modern Turkey) around the 13th or 12th century BC.
		Whereas in the movie, Priam departs the tent of Achilles early in the morning, in the Iliad, Priam is roused during the night by Hermes who tells him to leave on the basis that it is ill advised to sleep in the tent of the enemy.
		In the movie, Achilles is the first Greek ashore; in mythology, Protesilaus was the first Greek to land on the shore of Troy and thereby fulfill the prophecy that the first Greek to land on the Trojan shore would be killed immediately.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Troy_(movie) (2489 words)

	Troy (movie) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the movie, Paris woos Helen during peace talks between the (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greeks and the (A native of ancient Troy) Trojans.
		In the movie, Achilles is killed by Paris during the burning of Troy; however, in mythology Paris shoots Achilles in the heel with a arrow guided by (Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis) Apollo.
		Also in the movie (A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid) Aeneas is portrayed as a normal Trojan citizen, but in mythology Aeneas was the son-in-law of Priam and second-in-command of the Trojan forces.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/troy_(movie).htm (1121 words)

	Encyclopedia: Troy
		Troy VI Troy VI was destroyed around 1300 BC, probably by an earthquake.
		Until the 1988 excavations, the problem was that Troy VII seemed to be a hill-top fort, and not a city of the size described by Homer, but later identification of parts of the city ramparts suggests a city of considerable size.
		Troy IX The last city on this site, Hellenistic Ilium, was founded by Romans during the reign of the emperor Augustus and was an important trading city until the establishment of Constantinople in the fourth century as the eastern capital of the Roman Empire.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Troy (9206 words)

	Troy information in Turkey,Lord of Troy,King Priam troys,Troy and Trojan horse,Legendary troy,Troy gods,Kings of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ancient Troy is famous for the legendary Trojan Horse from the times of an equally legendary couple: Helen and Paris.
		TROY III (2200-MO The city, which covers a larger area than the previous one, is again surrounded by the walls.
		It was founded on Troy VII A. The debris of the devayed city varies from 0.50 meters to 1.00 meters.
	www.ezoptravel.com /ezopnew/turkey/aegean/troy.htm (877 words)

	troy ruins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Troy is a city which existed over 4000 years and known as the center of ancient civilizations.
		Troy VIII to IX belongs to Helenistic and Roman Ilion (Latin Ilium).
		Troy is one of the most famous city in the old history, including Hector, Rchiles and Archaian Greeks, the sake of Helen.
	www.troy-movie.stasi.co.uk /troy-movie-film/troy/troy-ruins.htm (744 words)

	Troy
		Bringing the glory of Homer's Iliad to life, Troy charts the bloody path of the Trojan war, which encompasses a 10-year conflict, numerous bloody battles and of course that famously large wooden horse with a surprise inside.
		Troy is a long-time personal dream-come-true for Petersen, who was entranced by Greek and Roman myths when he was a schoolboy.
		Troy was originally meant to be shooting in Malta for six weeks, but was extended to nine.
	www.compleatseanbean.com /troy.html (817 words)

	Troy Movie Review
		Although Petersen’s Troy is spry and sprawling in its given presentation, one cannot help noticing that its notable cinematic intermittent parts are as curiously wooden and stiff as the Trojan horse itself.
		Among the memorable portrayals in the movie are Bana’s take on Hector as the protector of his younger wayward brother Paris and the city of Troy.
		Overall, Troy can be applauded for its eager attempt to bring to the forefront the extravagant vehicle known as the modern day epic fueled with opportunistic kings and princes, antagonistic muscular army men, tempting trollops, hectic displays of brute force pulverizing the sensory mode, etc.
	www.computercrowsnest.com /sfnews2/04_june/news0604_14.shtml (2447 words)

	Troy movie reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Troy is an action picture of stunning scope and stirring spectacle, with a love story between two callow nitwits that is its Achilles heel.
		Troy is an adequate summer popcorn movie — a war movie with the pretense of history.
		TROY’s most daring and most intriguing accomplishment is how it has taken what may be the quintessential story about warfare being glorious and turned it neatly on its head.
	www.mooviees.com /8079/reviews (839 words)

	Trojan Wars: On the Big and Little Screen
		The city of Troy is increasingly well known and we have a good idea of its appearance, thanks to the Troia Projekt (University of Tubingen and University of Cincinnati) excavation and the virtual reality based on it; the filmmakers, however, must have wanted something more spectacular (see photos).
		Troy's intimidating outer wall in the film, which I take to be 40 or 50 feet in height with higher towers, is a fiction (they didn't have siege engines for battering down walls in the Late Bronze Age, so walls on that scale would have been a colossal waste).
		The lower city of Troy was protected by a ditch, shown here, but in the movie the ditch has been transformed into a wall that's 40 or 50 feet tall.
	www.archaeology.org /online/reviews/troy (2000 words)

	Troy Review :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		But Troy's impenetrable walls have been fiercely protected by the Trojan warriors, especially the powerful Prince Hector (Eric Bana), for decades--and they are not about to lay down arms now, even for as fearsome a foe as Achilles.
		Dubbed possibly one of the most expensive movies ever made (the budget reportedly hit about $200 million), Troy's set was plagued with costly crises: Endless production delays, tortuous heat in Malta and Mexico, hurricanes wiping out sets and the star actually injuring his Achilles tendon (no joke).
	www.hollywood.com /movies/reviews/movie/1752749 (846 words)

	Starbuzz Sweepstakes: Troy DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In The Thick of the Battle: Discover how Troy's epic battle sequences were created, from thousands of warrior-extras training in the scorching heat of Mexico, to fierce one-on-one duels to the death.
		Troy: An Effects Odyssey: The secrets of Troy's stunning visual effects are revealed, from conjuring a staggering 1,000 ship armada on the open seas, to producing the bone crunching sound effects of brutal ancient warfare.
		The Starbuzz Troy Sweepstakes ("the Sweepstakes") is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia thirteen (13) years of age or older.
	www.starbuzz.com /win/wintroy.php (886 words)

	Helen of Troy - Movie Tome
		As luck would have it, Paris managed to "abduct" Helen and spirit her off to his homeland, where she was welcomed by his father, King Priam (John Rhys-Davies), despite the portents of doom from Paris' foresighted sister, Cassandra (Emilia Fox).
		Meanwhile back in Sparta, King Menelaus, his honor besmirched, declared war on Troy, thus beginning a ten-year conflict that would culminate disastrously in the incident of the Trojan horse.
		Filmed on location in Malta and Greece, Helen of Troy was seen over the USA cable network on April 20 and 21, 2003.
	www.movietome.com /movietome/servlet/MovieMain/movieid-89228/Helen_of_Troy (234 words)

	Amazon.com: Troy (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) (2004): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is another arrow-full movie, with lots of big battle scenes and gritty hand-to-hand combat, but be warned that an entire battle can be halted at the drop of a helmet, if the commanders decide to take a break for the day.
		Agamemnon is not supposed to die at Troy, Paris dies, Achilles dies outside Troy, Ajax dies after Achilles, the Gods are huge in the story, the Greeks go after Helen b/c of a pact and not revenge.
		For you that forgot the story and you that know the story well but have not seen this movie basically we are looking at a story that you may or may not have had an opportunity to sidestep in school but can never have a grasp on social history with out it.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002Z0EYK?v=glance (2661 words)

	CTV.ca \| Epic Troy movie realistic, but too long
		To recap even more concisely: Paris, the puppy-dog-eyed prince of Troy (Orlando Bloom), has fallen for Helen, queen of Sparta and wife of King Menelaus (the always excellent Brendan Gleeson), who's twice her age.
		An early banquet scene in which King Menelaus hosts Paris and Prince Hector of Troy (Eric Bana), King Priam's elder son, as a show of peace, has a faded grandeur about it; the lighting and colours recall the sort of huge historical pictures that came out 40 or 50 years ago.
		Troy is too long, though, and it lacks narrative momentum.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1084312411138_79721611/?hub%3DEntertainment (663 words)

	Troy London Movie Review
		If you’d seen the trailer for Troy, you could be forgiven for thinking that it had all the ingredients for a flop of epic proportions: masses of Dodgy CGI, Brad Pitt in a dress, some truly cringeworthy acting and a cast in which Paris (Orlando Bloom) is prettier than Helen (Diane Kruger).
		Highlights include: the first battle outside Troy; Achilles’ duel with Hector; the Trojan Horse sequence and a wonderful set-piece in which it initially looks as if the Trojans are about to mount a surprise attack with several large balls of string.
		Troy also deftly avoids the two things that ruined Gladiator — firstly the CGI is used sparingly and is not intrusive or obvious and secondly the fight scenes are shot and edited so that you can actually see what’s going on.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /review_2084.html (498 words)

	Movie Photos: Troy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Less well known and not quite as pretty as the men in the story, the actresses spend most of the movie with their mouths agape watching their men fight to the death.
		The movie, which could easily and more powerfully have been told in considerably less than two hours, goes on for almost three, making for one long and tiresome epic.
		The movie, one of the most expensive ever made, is pretty underwhelming, but it does work marvelously as a beauty pageant.
	www.allmoviephoto.com /photo/2004_Troy_photo.html (721 words)

	Troy — the movie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Gods have looked down favourably on Troy and have deemed it a worthy re-telling of Homer's classic The Iliad--an epic tale of love and honour set against the backdrop of one of the greatest wars ever fought.
		In truth, Agamemnon's pursuit of honour is corrupted by his overwhelming greed--he needs control of Troy to ensure the supremacy of his already vast empire.
		It is his insatiable hunger for eternal renown that leads him to attack the gates of Troy under Agamemnon's banner--but it will be love that ultimately decides his fate.
	www.expat-village.com /article_713.shtml (469 words)

	Troy Review (DVD Movie/Film)
		Things kick off when Paris (Orlando Bloom) a simpering prince from the land of Troy (a particularly desirable patch of coastline real estate the other side of the Aegean Sea) pinches Queen Helen of Sparta, (Diane Kruger) right under the nose of her husband King Menelaos, (the wonderfully gruff Brendan Gleeson), brother to Agamemnon.
		Trouble is, the character of Achilles isn’t really very nice and while that needn’t be an issue in itself, the developments of the narrative elements that the script has drawn from the original source make it very difficult to find sympathy for his cause.
		In Troy, Pitt may be physically impressive in the combat scenes, but he is just too pretty and gives a one-dimensional performance; for the entire film he either squints at us or off into the distance, as if to tell us that somewhere, somehow, he must go to the toilet.
	www.futuremovies.co.uk /review.asp?ID=179 (704 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Troy" movie review (2004) "Troy" review, Wolfgang Petersen, Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom
		For those seeking a "Gladiator"-style, thinking-person's summer action movie, the film is on shakier ground -- and for folks more interested in watching the Trojan War of Homer's "Iliad" brought to life, brace yourselves for disappointment.
		Screenwriter David Benioff ("25th Hour") takes many, many liberties with his source material, some of which are creative and shrewd, like using the mistaken-identity battlefield death of Achilles' look-alike cousin to imply how legends of the warrior's immortality spread in this version of the story which is devoid of gods, demigods and such mythology.
		But "Troy" is a movie in which the richness on the page -- Beioff doesn't take sides and has gone out of his way to substantiate the heroic, imprudent, arrogant, idealistic, loyal, naive or self-serving motives of every important character -- gets lost in grandiose over-production and marquee-motivated casting.
	www.splicedonline.com /04reviews/troy.html (860 words)

	Troy Movie Trailer and Movie Posters - Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt
		In truth, Agamemnon's pursuit of honor is corrupted by his overwhelming greed -- he needs control of Troy to ensure the supremacy of his already vast empire.
		One man alone stands as the key to victory or defeat over Troy -- Achilles (Brad Pitt), believed to be the greatest warrior alive.
		It is his insatiable hunger for eternal renown that leads him to attack the gates of Troy under Agamemnon's banner -- but it will be love that ultimately decides his fate.
	www.chasingthefrog.com /Trailers/2004/troy_trailers.htm (408 words)

	Troy movie,trailer,review,pics,pictures,poster,news,DVD at The Z Review
		Troy is going to need an absolutely massive box office just to recoup it's costs, anything less than a gigantic box office is going to be costly for the studio.
		Troy is being filmed over a total of 100 days and has already shot for two weeks in the UK, continuing in Mexico after filming in Malta is completed on July 4.
		Troy is an adaptation of "The Iliad," a story set against the Trojan War and the rivalry between Achilles and Hector.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/t/troy.shtm (4362 words)

	The Trades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That said, however, "Troy" is an adequate re-telling of Homer's famous tale.
		On its simplest level, "Troy" is an entertaining and visually lush action epic that intertwines love, war, revenge, and betrayal.
		On a more significant level, "Troy" serves as a commentary on the consequences that war has on families, nations, and friendships.
	www.the-trades.com /column.php?columnid=2525 (538 words)

	Troy Movie Review - Troy Movie Trailer - The Boston Globe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There is indeed a legendary beauty in "Troy" -- a face that brings the ancient world to its knees, a being whose grace is such that grown men feel stupid and ashamed in its presence.
		"Troy" has been shot in greasy, lemon-yellow tones that don't disguise the unconvincing CGI effects, and only Bana -- and to a lesser extent Saffron Burrows as his wife, Andromache -- break through the waxy buildup to become figures both life-size and larger than life.
		Much of "Troy" feels more familiar than $200 million ought to (and that includes James Horner's tinny, bombastic music, apparently a rush job after a score by the estimable Gabriel Yared was rejected).
	www.boston.com /movies/display?display=movie&id=3310 (944 words)

	Chronicles of Love & Resentment CCCIV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the Troy movie, Briseis reprises her role as the narrative’s plot device for retelling legend.
		The movie begins with Achilles acting like the counter-cultural rock star that he is in the imaginary universe of literary desire.
		With this bold rewriting of Menelaus’ destiny, the movie neatly reinterprets Aphrodite’s rescue of Paris from Menelaus (3.407-441): the movie version of this duel between Paris and Menelaus simultaneously rehabilitates Paris as a sympathetic character and yet remains true to his status as Aphrodite’s protégé.
	www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu /views/vw304.htm (2148 words)

	Achilles brad pitt troy te movie
		Thetis knew that, if her son went to Troy, he would die an early death, so she sent him to the court of Lycomedes, in Scyros; there he was hidden, disguised as a young girl.
		When Priam, the king of Troy and Hector's father, came secretly into the Greek camp to plead for the body, Achilles finally relented; in one of the most moving scenes of the Iliad, he received Priam graciously and allowed him to take the body away.
		The sexy Troy star was furious when a British tabloid accused him of bulking up with the assistance of steroids, because it took such a lot of dedication to get in shape.
	www.troy-movie.stasi.co.uk /troy-movie-film/troy-movie/achilles-brad-pitt-troy.htm (1346 words)

	Troy (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Plot Outline: An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.
		The Turkish government even offered sponsorship if the premiere was to be made on the ancient set of Troy but the premiere took place in Berlin, where most of the historical remains were displayed after being taken from Anatolia.
		We went to see Troy on the weekend and we loved it.I know some of the critics did not like this movie,but for me,it was a great one.And why to analyze a movie so much,as some of the reviewers did?Could have been better.Maybe,but who cares?The 2 and a half hrs.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0332452 (409 words)

	"Troy" Movie Review by Kevin Carr - 7M Pictures
		I really wanted to like “Troy.” I really wanted to love “Troy.” I wanted “Troy” to be “Gladiator,” “Spartacus” and “The Passion of the Christ” all rolled into one.
		In fact, he actually tries too hard with “Troy.” After the seventh or eighth time you’ve seen the 50,000-strong Greek army peppering the landscape, thanks to handy-dandy CGI, it becomes mundane.
		“Troy” is both blessed and cursed when it comes to its actors.
	www.7mpictures.com /inside/reviews/troy_review.htm (827 words)

	TROY - Main Movie Page...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions and Much More!
		Troy begins as the passion of lovers Prince Paris of Troy and Queen Helen of Sparta ignites a war between the Trojans and the united tribes of Greece.
		It's obvious most enjoyed "Troy" very much, but there were maybe 15% who only rated it as "Good" or "Fair," which is fairly low, especially for such an epic movie.
		In truth, Agamemnon’s pursuit of honor is corrupted by his overwhelming greed — he needs to conquer Troy to seize control of the Aegean, thus ensuring the supremacy of his already vast empire.
	www.cinemareview.com /main.asp?movieid=429964 (806 words)

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