In fact, this movie has nothing to do with God. We should not accuse Wolfgang Peterson, he is just trying to interpret such a mythological story that is well-known by women and children in his own human way. Ten years of long war was condensed into fifteen days of fighting, and God's children were finally killed by mortals; and Helen, that is, the legend of the stunning Tianxiang replaced by ordinary beauties.
Indulging in the movie, I forgot all the familiar background. Forget the sorrow of the goddess Thetis dancing in the sea; forget the despicability of Apollo, who releases the arrow of the gods in the clouds. In the movie, I only saw two people: Achilles and Hector. Peterson may only want us to see these two heroes who are unable to escape their own tragic fate in the vortex of war.
The tragedy lies above all in the conflict between the unchosen fate and the struggle within oneself. Achilles is destined to be a warrior, and his only purpose of survival is to honor the war. As he himself said: I am not standing for a certain person, I am fighting for the whole of Greece, I am fighting for the Greek warriors and their wives and children. His mother once again confirmed his ultimate fate. You were born for this war, and you will die for this war.
It's just that he didn't expect that he would have love again. His tenderness and the horror of being seized made him also look noble outside the battlefield. He has even chosen to escape this war, although he deplores the sacrifice of his comrades, and despite the painful trampling of his life, he still suppresses his boiling fire. He finally fell, in order to save a woman. The only purpose he got into the Trojan horse turned out to be to find and protect this woman. He ran in this city where he was slaughtered and looted, his eyes eager and screaming sorrow. At this time, I am grateful for the return of a god’s humanity.
Hector is also full of noble and sad destiny, which should be a main thread of Western art. The Spanish playwright Vega mentioned in the article "The New Art of Contemporary Screenwriting": "Tragedy is a royal and noble action." Hector should be a representative of a tragic figure in the movie. From the time he promised to bear the consequences of his brother's actions, he already knew the fate of the city and his own. Although he despised his brother's cowardice, he took the blame as the elder brother; and after killing Achilles' cousin by mistake, he frankly accepted the challenge and went to death. He made his soldiers understand the dignity of a man: to defend his honor, to love his wife and children, and to defend his country. To be a simple man was such an unfulfillable dream at that time!
In a world that advocates force, there are such two warriors who cherish each other, hate war and hate death, but are admired by thousands of people. They yearn for a peaceful, peaceful and happy life, not only to satisfy the individual, but also to hope that the world will have a beautiful and co-prosperous time. But they were always driven to the battlefield, with swords up and down, blood spattered, and their smiling faces seemed to be invisible in the victory of the fight and the honor of the war. They used their lives to compose a tragedy of human nature in a mythological war.
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