Troy! Troy! Troy!
Wohoo...i just got back from the world premier of Troy! Was sooo happy to receive this exclusive invitation from the media!
What can i say? TROY IS SUPERB!!!! It is the BEST movie for this year!!! Simply wonderful...i was totally impress with the film!! Forget about Van Helsing, Troy is soo sooo sooo much better...i would give it an A+ rating!! (ROTK is A++)
Intially i gave a very low expectation on the film because i thought it will be another LOTR copy-cat type of movies with its extreme war scenes and overbloated CGI effects. But i was totally wrong...well, it does have lots and lots of CGI effects and war scenes...which in certain part reminds me of LOTR...but the execution is toally different because it is set in the Trojan empire. Don't mind about yet another trying-to-impress-the-audience CGI effects...it was the ACTING that got me really really overwhelmed. Oh my...this move will definitely deserve a few Academy nominations, typically in acting.
SPOILERS ALERT!
Brad Pitt as Archilles: He is wonderful, super cool, drool-some and oh my my...he is just sooo cute! (I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt) Checkout his bods and muscles...and oooww...there were certain scenes where he was naked and can see his butt...of course it was rationally butchered by the censorship board....but I'm planning to get the pirated DVD! LOL!
Eric Bana as Prince Hector: Forgive him in The Hulk, Eric is totally fantastic in the movie!! He steals the show!! He might not be the pretty-face in the movie, but I would say his acting is the best! You will love his character..he is just soooo cool and heroic! He deserves an Academy nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Sean Bean as Odysseus: Odysseus is one of my favourite character in Troy. Although it is a small role, but Odyssues spearhead the defeat of Troy. Sean Bean's performance in Troy is very very good. So much better than in LOTR i would say. And he is just sooo Greek-ish! LOL!
O'Toole as King Priam: Yet another fantastic performance from this veteran actor. O'Toole's performance in the movie is fantastic!! Without him, the movie will be kinda sloppy. I love love love the scene where King Priam begs Archilles to return his son's body for a proper funeral. It was possibly the BEST scene ever. It was sooo touching...*sobs*
Orlando Bloom as Paris: Okaaay...Mr. Pretty face with great bods can't really act. Not a surprise though because Orlando Bloom is always that kaku. His character in LOTR also very kaku-ish. Guess he just provide the eye candy in Troy. And he did made good use of his archery skills that he learnt from LOTR in Troy!! LOL! He is just sooooooooooooo Legolas!! He can never ever shed his image. So for Orlie fans out there...if you want to see him with his nice smooth body and cute face...don't miss Troy yeah.
Dian Kruger as Helen: She inflicted the war between the Greeks and Trojans. Dian carried the Helen's character very well...she's pretty too.
All i can say is that this movie is GOOD! You won't know what you're missing if you don't watch it. Infact, some of the movie critics that i went with tonight was totally impressed with it. Guess they will write a pretty good review on it.
And in case anyone of you who have seen the movie and wonder why Archilles...which was supposed to be immmortal...died in the movie....well...I will tell you in the next posting. Should not reveal too much. Actually it is NOT stated in the movie but i've read that before in the book. I can't really remember, in fact..i did not managed to finish the book, guess i'll read it up again when I'm free. It's a wonderful story.