Dear Patroclus, okay, you were not my beloved Iliad Patroclus, but I liked you. I bawled when you died. Garrett, you are pretty. *Is in full agreement*
Oh! Patroclus icon! So glad you agree. I've seen many scathing remarks concerning Patroclus and Garrett's performance. I almost wondered if I'd seen a different film. It worked for me.
I luff Patroclus, both book wise and movie wise, although different, LOL I have a community for garrett here - garretthedlund And I have a site for him too - Garrett Hedlund Online - however the sites down at the present should be back 2moro hopefully, I'm having issues with my host *grumbles*
Dear Hector, I love you, no really. You broke me in half. I bawled like a baby when you died. There is no snark. You fucking owned this movie. When you fought against Ajax, I wanted to paw at the screen. That had almost Legolas action!elf in Moria quality. Much with the guh. You and little brother were so lovely together. Eric, I know you're married with kids and all, but call me whenever. And I thought Hoot did bad things to me.
dude. i cannot agree with you more. it takes a lot for me to squee more about someone other than sean bean...but i did...it was crazy.
but he was hot and manly, and he had that look in his eyes that just made my brain melt.... and how he always protected his little brother, it was so boromir/faramir it was nuts!!! wow...i liked him, and i sobbed like a little baby when he got killed....
and when achilles kinda cried over hector's body, and said "we will me again, my brother"
I've loved Eric Bana before. I saw him in Black Hawk Down and was blown away. I was thrilled when I learned he'd play Hector. He has a very expressive face, and his eyes, woah.
I've never been much for Sean Bean before, Boromir grew on me, yes, but not to the point that I truly cared. But Odysseus I loved from the first second. Sean was amazing, and it seemed so natural.
Oh, yes, the "we'll meet again, my brother" line. I loved it. I loved Hector/Achilles.
Briseis stopping Achilles from fighting just didn't work. They'd only shared one scene for a couple of minutes there. I think Rose Byrne did well with the character she was given but it was definitely too modern. If they wanted a strong woman to kill Agamemnon, just devote ten minutes to Iphigeneia's sacrifice and Clytemnestra arriving at Troy to kill her husband at the end of the movie. Cut some Achilles/Briseis, remove a few seconds here and there, and you have those ten minutes needed to make Agamemnon's death better.
Briseis stopping Achilles from fighting just didn't work. They'd only shared one scene for a couple of minutes there.
I frowned at the screen. I can't believe they expected us to buy that. I think I understand why they played up Briseis's role that much. After all, Achilles going to sulk in his tent over a mere spoil of war he has no attachment to yet, would seem ridiculous. To explain the role of honor and pride in Greek society would get too complicated, and Achilles would've seemed even more the petulant prat. However, it got blown out of proportions.
Achilles running through the burning streets of Troy yelling for Briseis? No, thank you. But if you substitute Marlon Brando for Achilles and make him yell for "Stellaaaaaa", the scene is quite funny. Um, I think I need a new icon. *snickers*
I think Rose Byrne did well with the character she was given but it was definitely too modern.I liked the actress. I think the character was some weird amalgamation of Briseis, Cassandra and
( ... )
Not that I'm opposed to the pairing, okay, I am opposed to anything involving this woman. I'm not prone to hate characters, but she makes my skin crawl. So much.
The logistics of that pairing though, they never met. Not that the fact has ever stopped me when it comes to RPF, but media fic. Achilles died before Andromache was taken as a spoil of war.
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okay, you were not my beloved Iliad Patroclus, but I liked you. I bawled when you died.
Garrett, you are pretty.
*Is in full agreement*
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So glad you agree. I've seen many scathing remarks concerning Patroclus and Garrett's performance. I almost wondered if I'd seen a different film. It worked for me.
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I have a community for garrett here - garretthedlund
And I have a site for him too - Garrett Hedlund Online - however the sites down at the present should be back 2moro hopefully, I'm having issues with my host *grumbles*
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I love you, no really. You broke me in half. I bawled like a baby when you died. There is no snark. You fucking owned this movie.
When you fought against Ajax, I wanted to paw at the screen. That had almost Legolas action!elf in Moria quality. Much with the guh. You and
little brother were so lovely together.
Eric, I know you're married with kids and all, but call me whenever. And I thought Hoot did bad things to me.
dude. i cannot agree with you more. it takes a lot for me to squee more about someone other than sean bean...but i did...it was crazy.
but he was hot and manly, and he had that look in his eyes that just made my brain melt.... and how he always protected his little brother, it was so boromir/faramir it was nuts!!! wow...i liked him, and i sobbed like a little baby when he got killed....
and when achilles kinda cried over hector's body, and said
"we will me again, my brother"
O_O wowaoaoaooaoahaha..........
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I've never been much for Sean Bean before, Boromir grew on me, yes, but not to the point that I truly cared. But Odysseus I loved from the first second. Sean was amazing, and it seemed so natural.
Oh, yes, the "we'll meet again, my brother" line. I loved it. I loved Hector/Achilles.
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thanks for fixing the quote... yes, sean bean was amazing from the start and i am soooooo happy for that *happy sigh*
i think i'm going to have to rent black hawk down now though... O_O
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Briseis stopping Achilles from fighting just didn't work. They'd only shared one scene for a couple of minutes there.
I frowned at the screen. I can't believe they expected us to buy that.
I think I understand why they played up Briseis's role that much. After all, Achilles going to sulk in his tent over a mere spoil of war he has no attachment to yet, would seem ridiculous. To explain the role of honor and pride in Greek society would get too complicated, and Achilles would've seemed even more the petulant prat.
However, it got blown out of proportions.
Achilles running through the burning streets of Troy yelling for Briseis? No, thank you. But if you substitute Marlon Brando for Achilles and make him yell for "Stellaaaaaa", the scene is quite funny.
Um, I think I need a new icon. *snickers*
I think Rose Byrne did well with the character she was given but it was definitely too modern.I liked the actress. I think the character was some weird amalgamation of Briseis, Cassandra and ( ... )
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And I loved vain, self-involved, arrogant Achilles. I really did. Not in a "I wanna be with him" way, I just loved the character.
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You mean there may be Helen/Hector fic in your future? *squees*
I was gaping, jaw hanging open like a braindead monkey. Wait, there was an interview with Eric *rushes to find it*
Q: There seems to be a little bit of an attraction between Hector and Helen ( ... )
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Though God(s) know when I'm going to find time to write that. *whimpers*
(Delightful interview snippets, though!)
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Not that I'm opposed to the pairing, okay, I am opposed to anything involving this woman. I'm not prone to hate characters, but she makes my skin crawl. So much.
The logistics of that pairing though, they never met. Not that the fact has ever stopped me when it comes to RPF, but media fic. Achilles died before Andromache was taken as a spoil of war.
*shakes head*
You must be mad.
PS. make her suffer. Oh God, I hate her so.
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