"... come on, Helen, let's go." "It might cause a rumpus." "Oh, I don't think so."

[matildabj]

Watched Troy last night, a film I have managed not to see up until now. It was, as expected, tremendously silly, but saved by the presence of Sean Bean (who managed to make it to the end alive, woo), Peter O'Toole, and a wonderfully over-the-top Brian Cox as Agamemnon. Orlando was basically Legolas - again - complete with deadpan acting and

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[kalypso_v]

Sean Bean (who managed to make it to the end alive, woo)

Maybe they'd noticed Odysseus does figure a bit in the sequel? Whereas I heard they saved Clytemnestra all the bother of killing her husband in the bath, and the wretched Paris got away with it...

Fingers crossed for the interview.

[matildabj]

they saved Clytemnestra all the bother of killing her husband in the bath

Um, which one was Clytemnestra again? *knows nothing of Greek mythology*

Thanks for the crossed fingers!

Spoilers for most of the stories of the Atreidae

[kalypso_v]

Clytemnestra is Helen's sister, married to Agamemnon. She's annoyed because Agamemnon lured their daughter Iphigenia to Aulis when the fleet was about to sail for Troy on the pretext of marrying her to Achilles but actually to sacrifice her to Artemis who's withholding the wind so the fleet can't sail. Though in some versions Iphigenia is actually Helen's daughter who they're fostering for complicated reasons, and usually it turns out Artemis rescued her at the last minute and her brother runs into her years later. Anyway, Clytemnestra's been at home ruling Mycenae with her lover Aegisthus for the past ten years, and when she finds Agamemnon is coming home, with his Trojan mistress Cassandra, to boot, she forms a plot to kill him in the bath as soon as he gets in. Which she does, by passing him a clean shirt with the neck stitched up so she can pull out an axe while he's trying to get his head through the non-existent hole. And she kills Cassandra too, natch. So her other daughter, Electra, smuggles her little brother Orestes

[msilverstar]

Yeah, Sean was wonderful, wish he'd do the Odyssey (with a better script). I thought Eric was pretty good too, especially in his miniskirts.

*hopes for better luck in next interview*

[matildabj]

There were lots of miniskirts, weren't there?! Eric was pretty cool, I'm not sure I've seen him in anything else (haven't seen Hulk).

[glitterboy1]

It is utter tosh, isn't it? But huge fun.

"What's your name, boy?" "Sir, Aeneas, sir!"

Well done with the job application. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the 7th!

[matildabj]

Lots of pretty men to look at when the acting gets a bit wooden (except Brad Pitt, who's nothing special to look at at all, he's so toned and smooth and shiny he could be a shop window dummy). Not sure I could sit through it again without a thorough MST-ing!

[vilakins]

Good luck for the job!

[matildabj]

Thank you!