Films with historical themes are most taboo to look at the ancients from the perspective of contemporary people. Otherwise, the behavior of the ancients in the story is completely insane. Of course, Homer’s epic is only an interpretation of history. In theory, screenwriters are completely free to reinterpret history according to their own understanding. This is actually a common method of making historical films. The problem is that very few screenwriters-although they may not think so-can surpass original literary works. So. My basic requirement for historical movies is that I can at least take the soul of original literary works seriously.
Hollywood's treatment of Homer's epic is extremely crude, directly applying the routines of Hollywood movies. The first result is heroism. The theme was made into a love-themed movie, and love was reduced to sex. It seemed that anything could be solved by taking off your clothes. In the film, Brad Pitt (Achilles) originally said that I want everything a man wants Yes, and more. It turns out that he only wants to have sex and sell his teammates. The original epic love component is very thin, and the movie naturally cannot rely on it to support the plot. Also for the love component, Spartan King Mene Raos became a wretched man, and was killed by Hector in advance. Helen is no longer a goddess, but a woman who was born poor and derailed because of a discordant marriage.
Next is pacifism . This is true in both the East and the West. Politically correct thinking. Heroism was originally meant to make merits and accomplishments. If you ask the characters to be full of pacifist ideas, you can only be insane. For example, Pete keeps emphasizing that he wants to stay forever, but he keeps on the other hand. Expressing war weariness. Finally, the original book is a myth. Man and God are the protagonists. The Trojan War is also a struggle in the heavens. Hollywood directly omits the part of God. Not only that, the prophet has been hacked into superstition. Is it necessary? Promote science to break superstitions?
It is also worth criticizing that the directors’ handling of the war is very inadequate. First, the war seems to have been going on for a few days instead of ten years. Secondly, the Greeks are stationed on the beach and have not considered the issue of water. And they are downhill. They are not afraid. Are you driven into the sea? The Greeks attacked in a dense charge, and not a phalanx. The Trojan walls were so tall, in fact, as long as they hid in the walls and shot arrows, the Greeks would die, because the Greeks even attacked the city. There is no machinery.
Besides, Orlando Bloom has no sense of existence except for selling faces. Only when he picked up the contribution at the end, he shouted: My fairy prince is back... Wannian Bento Sean finally lived to the end ...But
this Hollywood version of Troy ruined a good poem...
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