26th December 2004, 12:28 AM
I'm not sure why it's so disliked... perhaps it's because people don't have attention spans anymore in this country, or because the movie makes a lot more sense if you have a decent knowledge of the history already (it does not pander to the lowest common denominator like most films do and I appreciate that)... I never thought it would do well in American and it didn't, but I bet it does better elsewhere. It's not perfect (for one thing I would have liked to see Greek-Persian battles before the big one... even one... I know, you can only fit so much in a three hour movie of a person's life, but it'd still have been nice), but I came away definitely statisfied that it was good.
Troy did well at the box office and much better in public opinion because, unlike Alexander, it is a Hollywood movie made for American audiences. I didn't like that movie much at all. Alexander is far, far better than that stupid movie...
Troy did well at the box office and much better in public opinion because, unlike Alexander, it is a Hollywood movie made for American audiences. I didn't like that movie much at all. Alexander is far, far better than that stupid movie...