Maybe it is just me, but any movie that has Brad Pitt in a skirt and thong (even if they are only thong sandals :(-->) is a movie that I definitely want to see!!! :D-->
He does seem like a pretty nice guy, down to earth... for being such a famous pretty boy... and he did a great job in "A River Runs Through It" and has become a pretty good actor (IMO)...
'and he did a great job in "A River Runs Through It"'
Uh, that was one of the few flaws (IMHO) in an otherwise GREAT flick. I wish they'd have cast somebody else. It seems like he spent the whole picture trying desperately to be Robert Redford.
(maybe it was the directing?) He LOOKED the part, just couldn't ACT it (not very well, anyway).
Saw a sneak preview last week here on base. I think it was pretty good. Not the most exciting movie but worth seeing. I would say B+ or A- is about right.
I'm a really big fan of Jennifer Anniston's but in the award night photo above, did she velcrow those things to her dress to keep them from sliding out, do ya think???
My wife and I went to see the 10 pm showing on Saturday night.
The characters attributed things to the gods, but no gods actually appeared in the story, unlike Homer's "Iliad". But the screen writers/director still managed to keep it a story about people who were basicly decent (except perhaps for Agammenon) though flawed, doing the best they could in difficult situations, rather than painting one side good and the other side evil.
The storyline was truncated, of course. Many incidents were conflated, but it was still enjoyable.
The visuals had some archaeologically accurate motifs, just pumped up to epic proportions. The actual Troy would have struck our eyes as a podunk, one horse [pun intended :-) ] town.
There were two kinds of fight scenes; regular mass combat, and heroic combat. Both were done very well. I watched the credits to see if they used the software Peter Jackson developed for LotR. I didn't see it listed. The battle scenes were just as impressive as those from LotR, if not as fantastic. But I liked it for that. Unfortunately, IMHO, "Troy" DOES have the giant flaming hairballs every movie portrayal of ancient combat seems to find mandatory.
It was interesting watching Boromir play Odysseus and Legolas play Paris. Bloom gets to shoot some arrows, just not so many.. or so quick... or so well.
I particularly enjoyed the exchanges between Hector and Paris when Hector found out his brother had "abducted" Helen. I found Bloom's performance entertaining while Menelaus was beating the snot out of him.
I thought it was a decent movie as well, although we could have done without all the naked man scenes.
Of course, I do wonder why so many LoTR cast members were in it. There was Legolas and Boromir as main characters, but also I believe the actor who played Gimli had an uncredited cameo (one of the Greeks invading the city), as well as possibly Theoden (I thought I saw him during the reporting of Helen's dissapearance.) It seems like one other person as well but I can't remember who.
I saw it... it was OK... better than a lot of stuff out there... kinda predictable, but OK... you ladies will enjoy seeing all of the naked man butt...
I saw it and liked it. Brad Pitt had some good backside shots. It was a very entertaining movie. One thing I am not sure on is the historical part of it. Anybody see it? Was that whole story about Helen of Troy (originally from Sparta) true??
One reviewer that I heard from called this a "chick flick".
Is this a true statement.
The only thing that would make it considered at all a chick flick is that there are too many naked Brad Pitt scenes. Of course, in my opinion one is too many. I think there were two or three. Otherwise, it's a lot like a cross between Gladiator and LotR.
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Radar OReilly
Maybe it is just me, but any movie that has Brad Pitt in a skirt and thong (even if they are only thong sandals
:(-->) is a movie that I definitely want to see!!! 
:D-->
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radar
I am with you--- Brad is yummy!
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Brad Pitt?
Who cares?
Diane Kruger
Now that's Greek to me.
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Tom Strange
Look at him! He's pidgeon toed...
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A la prochaine
Jealousy?
Do I smell jealousy?
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ooops! forgot the
:D-->
He does seem like a pretty nice guy, down to earth... for being such a famous pretty boy... and he did a great job in "A River Runs Through It" and has become a pretty good actor (IMO)...
(loved the job he did in 12 Monkeys)
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Good Save Tommy!!
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Dot Matrix
Here ya go Tom and Pirate something for the guys and for the gals!
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Pirate1974
Jealousy?
That'll be the day - when I'm jealous of a guy wearing a leather skirt!
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Tom Odd,
'and he did a great job in "A River Runs Through It"'
Uh, that was one of the few flaws (IMHO) in an otherwise GREAT flick. I wish they'd have cast somebody else. It seems like he spent the whole picture trying desperately to be Robert Redford.
(maybe it was the directing?) He LOOKED the part, just couldn't ACT it (not very well, anyway).
O.K., sorry for the digression, back to Troy...
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I know what you mean Geo... he did remind me an awful lot of a young Redford in that one... but I didn't necessarily see that as a bad thing...
anyway... anybody see Troy this weekend?
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passthetrash
Saw a sneak preview last week here on base. I think it was pretty good. Not the most exciting movie but worth seeing. I would say B+ or A- is about right.
(Brad Pitt's butt A++++)
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I'm a really big fan of Jennifer Anniston's but in the award night photo above, did she velcrow those things to her dress to keep them from sliding out, do ya think???
Just curious.
I know, probably inappropriate....
Sorry (
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WB
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My wife and I went to see the 10 pm showing on Saturday night.
The characters attributed things to the gods, but no gods actually appeared in the story, unlike Homer's "Iliad". But the screen writers/director still managed to keep it a story about people who were basicly decent (except perhaps for Agammenon) though flawed, doing the best they could in difficult situations, rather than painting one side good and the other side evil.
The storyline was truncated, of course. Many incidents were conflated, but it was still enjoyable.
The visuals had some archaeologically accurate motifs, just pumped up to epic proportions. The actual Troy would have struck our eyes as a podunk, one horse [pun intended :-) ] town.
There were two kinds of fight scenes; regular mass combat, and heroic combat. Both were done very well. I watched the credits to see if they used the software Peter Jackson developed for LotR. I didn't see it listed. The battle scenes were just as impressive as those from LotR, if not as fantastic. But I liked it for that. Unfortunately, IMHO, "Troy" DOES have the giant flaming hairballs every movie portrayal of ancient combat seems to find mandatory.
It was interesting watching Boromir play Odysseus and Legolas play Paris. Bloom gets to shoot some arrows, just not so many.. or so quick... or so well.
I particularly enjoyed the exchanges between Hector and Paris when Hector found out his brother had "abducted" Helen. I found Bloom's performance entertaining while Menelaus was beating the snot out of him.
I liked what they did with Briseis' character.
All for now.
Love,
Steve
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Mister P-Mosh
I thought it was a decent movie as well, although we could have done without all the naked man scenes.
Of course, I do wonder why so many LoTR cast members were in it. There was Legolas and Boromir as main characters, but also I believe the actor who played Gimli had an uncredited cameo (one of the Greeks invading the city), as well as possibly Theoden (I thought I saw him during the reporting of Helen's dissapearance.) It seems like one other person as well but I can't remember who.
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Tom Strange
I saw it... it was OK... better than a lot of stuff out there... kinda predictable, but OK... you ladies will enjoy seeing all of the naked man butt...
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Nottawayfer
I saw it and liked it. Brad Pitt had some good backside shots.
It was a very entertaining movie. One thing I am not sure on is the historical part of it. Anybody see it? Was that whole story about Helen of Troy (originally from Sparta) true??
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Tom Strange
binging this up for wayfer not!
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Zshot
I haven't seen it yet...
One reviewer that I heard from called this a "chick flick".
Is this a true statement.
(Of course Pirate had a good arguement that it's not
;)-->)
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Mister P-Mosh
The only thing that would make it considered at all a chick flick is that there are too many naked Brad Pitt scenes. Of course, in my opinion one is too many. I think there were two or three. Otherwise, it's a lot like a cross between Gladiator and LotR.
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Tom Strange
I'm with MasterP on this one... there's a few PittButt scenes, but the fighting scenes more than cancel those out!
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