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Wolfgang PetersenForgatókönyvíró:
David BenioffOperatőr:
Roger PrattZeneszerző:
James HornerSzereplők:
Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Peter O'Toole, Julie Christie, Saffron Burrows, Brendan Gleeson, Julian Glover (több)Streaming (3)
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Az ókori Hellászban az irodalom talán legismertebb szerelmespárja - Parisz, Trója hercege (Orlando Bloom) és Helené, a spártai hercegnő (Diane Kruger) - ártatlan találkozásából akkora háború robban ki, ami egy egész civilizáció végromlását fogja előidézni. Parisz elszereti és elrabolja Helenét férjétől, Meneláosz királytól (Brendan Gleeson), és ez nem maradhat megtorlás nélkül. És aki Meneláoszt sérti meg, az megsérti bátyját is, Mükéne hatalmas királyát, Agamemnónt (Brian Cox), aki azonnal hadba hívja a görög seregeket, hogy Trója ellen vonuljanak, visszaszerezzék Helenét és fivére becsületét. Agamemnónnak kapóra is jön ez az eset, hiszen végtelen kapzsiságában régóta feni a fogát Ilionra: ha elfoglalja Tróját, övé a teljes Égei-tenger, és megerősíti hatalmát máris óriási birodalma felett. Ilion, a fallal körülvett város, amit Priamosz király (Peter O'Toole) irányít és fia, a nagy Hektór herceg (Eric Bana) véd, olyan fellegvár, amit még soha egyetlen sereg sem tudott bevenni. Hogy Trója győz, vagy elbukik, az egyetlen ember döntésén múlik: sikerül-e megnyerni a háborúnak Akhilleuszt (Brad Pitt), az ókor leghatalmasabb és legtekintélyesebb hadvezérét? Akhilleusz öntörvényű, lázadó és a szóbeszéd szerint sebezhetetlen, nem hódol be senkinek és semminek, csak saját dicsőségéért harcol. Az örök hírnév iránti csillapíthatatlan étvágya veszi rá, hogy Trója alá vonuljon Agamemnón zászlaja alatt - de végül a szerelem lesz az, ami meghatározza sorsát. Két civilizáció fog összecsapni a becsületért és a hatalomért. Ezrek fognak elesni a dicsőségért vívott harcban. És egy egész nép fog eltűnni a föld színéről - a szerelemért. (InterCom)
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Sztárok és látványos csaták igénytelen szemléje. A színészek jók, a díszletek szépek. Akhilleusz és Hektór harca talán a legjobb, amit a műfajon belül láttam. Bár ez a műfaj vitatható. A Trója film a William Wyler-filmek varázsának töredékével sem rendelkezik, és csupán egy technikailag briliáns, laza szórakoztatás kalkulációja.
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Homer did not deserve this. The Olympian gods didn't deserve it either. The screenwriter completely omitted them, thus depriving the famous story of its true spice, the element of magic and mysticism that so befits ancient epics. If there aren’t any gods or magic, what’s left? A script that is hackneyed, very distantly inspired by “The Iliad”, full of clichés, pathetic chatter and would-be deep thoughts, a boring story that doesn't grab you by the heart and is clumsily told. And there’s not even eye-candy! I just have to laugh at Petersen's talk of "unprecedentedly clear fight scenes", it's just the opposite and the very good Hector vs. Achilles fight doesn't save it. It's not surprising that all the essential fight scenes are seen in just the trailer. If I had to make a comparison, Scott's Gladiator, with about half the budget, looks much more narrative, and although the script was similarly silly, it was a real visual treat, which can't be said of Troy. A few computer-generated shots of the city and incoming ships, Petersen's lacklustre direction lacks any ideas, with rare exceptions. The music wasn't great either, and a few words about the actors: I believed Pitt's arrogant Achilles, Bana is incredibly charismatic, O'Toole is still a great actor, only Bloom, with his not very wide acting register, spoils it and regularly alternates between two expressions: a timid and stubborn. The boss at Warner was in tears during the screening. I wonder if it wasn’t for the desperation of where they burned those 200 million bucks. Poor guy.
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Troy is notable primarily as a case study on how Hollywood adapts a classic work with countless characters, motifs and both supernatural and earthbound elements into the form of a spectacular mainstream popcorn epic needing fewer characters, a few cleanly resolved storylines and, mainly, the omission of everything that could be off-putting for the supposed majority of viewers, i.e. everything from deities to non-heterosexual relationships.
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First of all, the film's title says "inspired by Homer's Iliad, for which I forgive it a great deal. It has almost nothing to do with Homer's masterpiece, unless I count the partially beaten story. Petersen's film is an attempt to look behind the myth by "reviving" the first event. They are not gods, they are not heroes outside of time and space, there is only a great human story of passion, love, betrayal, war and heroism. There are positive and negative heroes (hector is positive, while surprisingly the conquering Agamemnon negative), but there are also heroes between good and evil (Paris and Achilles). There are plenty of layers to play out this compelling and riveting story, but there's only one layer in which the creators actually do it – the layer of Hollywood spectacle. Troy is nothing more. It lacks pure emotion without calculus, it lacks real charm and monumentality (the tricks suck when there is nothing "behind" them). Petersen does exactly what he famously did in the dream factory: creates a good craftsmanship product. The battle scenes are excellent in large units and details (the Achilles vs. Hector battle is flawless), but his direction is lacking in the empathy and imagination with which The Boat or The NeverEnding Story still shine today. Nothing more than technical skill. This skill is subdued by Horner's shameful soundtrack without any excitement, distinctive melody or a drop of energy. On the other hand, he is helped by the brilliant Pitt-Banna duo. Pitt played his role with admirable conviction, and if there is one thing that could survive this single-use candy, it is Achilles, a hero on the edge of boundless arrogance and fragile vulnerability. The other faces? Bloom is traditionally terrible and now also unsympathetic. O'Toole is kind of awkward, but at key moments persuasive, Bean is drowned in a miserable and touting screenplay, etc. The end of the film is such cruel smut that the knife in my pocket opened. Inspired by Illias and endless stupidity. Homer’s Denyen besieged Troy for ten years, Petersen's extras are done with it after 14 days. Homer’s masterpiece lasted thousands of years, Petersen's opus won't survive this season. I'm sorry, but he owns it. --- marginalia: the jokes with Aeneas and Achilles' heel are really good. It is probably pointless to mention that this version does not work in the complex of Greek myths and illogically denies many of them (Agamemnon is a shining example of this, as is the oracle Laocoön)...
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An ambitious epic that stumbles over its miserable screenplay and idealess directing. A tirade of mediocre scenes and seeming ignorance of the myth make Troy an uninteresting attempt at a great movie which is closer to being a big studio sword-and-sandal Cecil B. DeMille epic than a modern movie intended for the big screen. ♫ OST score: 2/5
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