In addition to the superficial disputes, I think the film has more things to convey. There are disputes, explorations, and the pursuit of the meaning shrouded in the gods. Therefore, adhering to the so-called "justice" desire to kill is just the reason humans seek for their own deplorable deeds.
Achilles, known as the god of war, was undefeated. The people believe in God, but he does not approve. To some extent, he is the best among human beings. He is not restricted by power and has his own ideas. Therefore, he was the first to raise his own doubts. He does not identify with the gods, and does not understand the meaning of war. What he recognizes is his own glory, his reputation, and the excitement brought by victory.
Inevitably, as a human being, he has his own lust, greed, and injustice. Just as he killed someone else's relatives, he never felt guilty. But when the bad news of his cousin came, Achilles abandoned the gentleness he said, and the protection of women was a combination of infinite contradictions, and his thoughts and subjective impulses had a huge conflict. On the one hand longing for love, on the other hand abandoning the idea. After all, he was fighting for his younger brother and for women. He forgot the so-called honor and lived in a moment, which was also recognized by himself.
In the end, Troy was overthrown, and the idols he believed in were completely destroyed. No matter how much glory the king had, he was reduced to a corpse after a few seconds under the sword.
A civilized country was subverted due to a conspiracy. After that, people's miserable situation exploded incisively and vividly in the movie.
Why, Achilles at least has the right to choose. He chooses to protect what he loves and belong to his own death. A person is incompetent, not a prince, not a survivor, just a poor corpse thrown on the street, the saddest Existence, an ordinary life is just as risky as a great life.
The director or screenwriter wants to show that the gods are empty things? Love is true, responsibility is great, war is meaningless, peace is precious, I want to come closer and closer to the ordinary truth of life.
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