He is the main character in the film if you judge by acting power. But here in Troy I have new-found respect. The Hulk was so bad I wrote him off completely, blaming his acting for not saving a horrible script. I had only seen Bana in Black Hawk Down and The Hulk and while BHD was good, there wasn't much for his character to do but be a soldier. If Achilles was complex, then Bana's Hector is even more so. I never asked, like I do in other films, "Why did he do that?" But this is not Brad Pitt's film.
His actions in the film really seem appropriate. Brad Pitt does this internal conflict lots of justice. His character is complicated and this is also true to the Iliad. It has already been discussed how much bigger he is than in Fight Club. But the combat scenes with him are more than enough to make up for that. Here he has a few moments where he seems out of place, a pretty boy in a soldier's world. Spear and sword are given very realistic treatments as well.Brad Pitt is a good actor. I had never seen a shield wielded so realistically on film. A fight fan will appreciate the attention to detail in the combatants' moves. Blood and guts galore, but interestingly it is both on the battlefield AND in single combat. Quite an accomplishment.The violence is likewise beautiful. The costuming is first rate and feels very authentic. Not just the army special effects but the sets and scenery are all beautiful. My bad.OK, visually this film is amazing. When the writer was asking for too much, he was in fact being true to the text. In one scene I thought there was an unlikely event and researched only to find it actually is in the Iliad. Troy looks like historical recreation rather than a literal translation of the poem. They don't get directly involved in the action like the original. The question is simply irrelevant.The script was written with a mind to keep the important details of the original story intact but to make it as realistic as possible. Japanese cinema is so good at times precisely because we don't know who the good guy is.
When events unfold I actually believed they could happen. This in my mind makes Troy that much more believable.
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