Essay on Was Troy The Movie Accurate According To Homer

Was Troy the Movie Accurate According to Homer? Did the movie Troy, released in 2004, accurately depict the story of Homers epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, and was it a good movie from a critical point of view? I think it was a good movie from an entertainment standpoint, but it fell short in its comparison to Homers epics. As a fan of epic movies, I have watched the movie Troy a couple of times. In comparing the movie to the epic, there are various discrepancies between the two. First Ill address the overall flow of the movie, in other words the organization and coherence of the movie. The movie Troy was a lavishly produced movie, often quoted as a Blockbuster, it was a movie with a large budget and†¦show more content†¦Brad Pitt and Eric Bana as Achilles and Hector both wear bronze and leather based armor and use weapons which are similar in look and appearance to the bronze weapons of 1184 BC. This was also the start of the Iron Age, so slightly darker weapons (mainly spears) make their appearance also. The ships used by the Greek army in their trip from Menelaus kingdom were triremes which were the multi-decked and rowed military ship of the day as shown in the movie. Overall the movie seemed to follow the historical path of weapon evolution and nothing from later dates was thrown in to make it more exciting except maybe the shields. It was difficult to tell from the movie, but most shields of the time period were several layers of stretched animal hides. The shields in the movie appeared to be metal. Also apparent (and admitted to by the producers) was the scale of the city. The buildings and statuary are generally regarded as a feasible look for the period; however the movie enlarged the building and statues for the sake of making things more dramatic in appearance. (Troy) The personalities and depictions of the characters in the movie had to be interpreted by the actors. The main charactersShow MoreRelatedThe Trojan War1487 Words   |  6 Pageswalls. Before taking this class, I thought the movie Troy was an accurate account of the war. I also had no idea that the Gods had a large role in the Iliad. I was shocked to learn that the majority of the history of the Trojan War involves the Gods. In my opinion, it seems very unbelievable. According to homer, people believed in Zeus, Hades, Apollo, Poseidon, and the other Gods. Something I don’t understand is how people actually believe homers account of the Trojan War. The Iliad had so manyRead MorePostmodernism and the Simpsons10775 Words   |  44 PagesBaudrillard’s theory of hyperreality can be applied to The Simpsons. Particular attention is given to the role of the mass media in the construction of postmodern hyperreality, in order to illustrate the media’s influence on Springfield’s most famous citizen, Homer Simpson. Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4 Postmodernism: Profile of a Cultural Movement .................................