TROY (2004) Movie Reaction Part 2/2! | First Time Watch | Brad Pitt | Eric Bana | Orlando Bloom

The only movie where Sean Bean doesn't die. And miraculously, one with major battles.

I love the detail that Achilles pulls out all of the arrows except the one in his heel. Then, when the Greeks arrive and see his body with just that arrow, it hints at creating the myth about it being his only weakness.

"You're a far greater king than the one that leads this army." Y'all cut the line but it's the best line of the film. Eric Bana and Brad Pitt are absolutely fantastic in these roles

29:30 Paris didn't know him but that young man, Aeneas, would lead the surviving Trojans far to the west where they would found a new city called... Rome.

The fact that a weakling like Paris killed a great warrior like Achilles is disturbingly poetic

This is one of the finest sword fights ever to be committed to film… the choreography is incredible.. you can also actually see what’s happening and the actors putting in the work, none of that shakey cam bullshit.

The story says the random kid Aeneas who holds the sword of Troy later lays the foundation of Roman Culture. It is mentioned in the Julius Caesar of Shakespeare too.

Achilles fighting style is a thing of beauty. His unorthodox form was art. No wonder Brad was having a hard time doing the choreography while Bana was hitting him multiple times during the fight sequences

"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" stems from this very story.

In Trojan culture horses were held in very high esteem. The Greeks knew this. And it was another reason why Priam did not want to see it burned. And in the final dialog from Odysseus we a hear him refer to Hector as "Tamer of horses"

It's easy to label Achilles egotistical because of how he comes across, but in reality he was the one with the most understanding of how their world worked and was really just speaking plainly and honestly

Achilles is more understandable as a character when you knowthe full story. He was cheated of godhood and immortality because Zeus feared his potential. Zeus tricked his mother a demigod into falling in love with a mortal so that Achilles could never rise and challenge his power. Unlike everyone else Achilles understood the gods and hated them and the twisted games they played with the lives of mortals so he set out to create a legacy with what little time he had to overshadow even Zeus. He accepted his death because he aways knew how his story would end.

Eric Bana is underrated. He's still my favorite Bruce Banner.

Hector and Achilles fight scene in this movie is one of the best ever in cinema history. I've seen it 100 times and it's still fire

The scene with the king of Troy and Achilles is epic. Acting masterclass by sir Peter o tool

This movie has some of the best fight choreography I’ve ever seen. Particularly with the fight between Hector and Achilles. But the scene I REALLY loved was after the fight when Hector’s father talks Achilles into giving his son’s body back. That line of “even enemies can show respect” still gives me chills. RIP Peter O’Toole.

21:47 "I loved my son from the moment he opened his eyes 'til the moment you closed them." Amazing line…

34:20 The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus’s return trip to Greece from the Siege of Troy, the Siege itself is part of The Iliad(another name for Troy was “Ilion”, hence the story being The Iliad). Which is why scholars thought it was just myth until they discovered the ruins in the 1800.

The word hectoring comes from this moment when Achilles was yelling Hector's name, taunting him to come and fight

Agamemnon was actually killed when he got home by his wife Clytemnestra and her new man (the Trojan war lasted 10 years) as before he left he sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia to calm the seas before they set sail for Troy. As you can probably tell Clytemnestra wasn't exactly pleased with that so she got her revenge (ten years in the making but still).