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Watch: Troy 2004 123movies, Full Movie Online – It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband, Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles and the foreshadowing of fate in this adaptation of Homer’s classic “The Iliad.”.
Plot: In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.
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	7.3/10 Votes: 535,908
	53% | RottenTomatoes
	56/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 8821 Popularity: 39.019 | TMDB

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Trojan prince Paris is not only having an affair with Spartan Menelaus’ woman, Helen. He also lures her away to live with him in Troy. Thus giving the global domination obsessed King Agamenon the launch pad to war with Troy. Which in turn brings into conflict Spartan hero Achilles and Hector of Troy, two of the greatest warriors that ever lived.

Troy, budgeted at $175 million, and given to director Wolfgang Petersen with orders to craft a swordplay epic based on Homer’s Illiad, is not the truly great picture it really should have been. It is, however, a spectacle of sorts, that by way of the extended directors cut, becomes a fine enough addition to the genre it so clearly wanted to crown.

The problems are evident from the off. The casting of Brad Pitt as Achilles always looked to have been based purely on looks. Nicely toned body and brooding close ups do not a warrior make, and thus, as good an actor as Pitt definitely is, this is a role (and genre) too far. Diane Kruger as Helen is under written, which since at the time was a poor actress yet to bloom turns out to be a bonus here, and Orlando Bloom playing the wimp like Lothario Paris the way he should do – still gets out acted and swamped by all around him. The other main problem is how uneven the story telling is. Petersen looks confused as how to condense the Trojan war in the running time, whilst also juggling the emphasis of the two great warriors at its core. That Eric Bana’s excellent portrayal of Hector comes through the jumble is a testament to Bana’s ability and nothing else.

The good is, well, rather good though. Agamemnon, courtesy of a nasty turn from Brian Cox, is well formed. It gives the picture a reason for being outside of it being a war about some bloke stealing a woman from another bloke. Imperial cravings and a genuine thirst for blood helps lift Troy out of the rocky waters it had found itself in. Peter O’Toole, Brendan Gleeson and Sean Bean do fine work with what little they have got, and the production values on offer are hugely impressive. The fight sequences impact and are full of gusto. The fight off between Hector and Achilles is superbly choreographed (fought out to a score that James Horner has lifted from the one Danny Elfman used for Planet Of The Apes three years earlier) and the battle between the armies outside the walls of troy sits with the best in the genre. CGI is often called the bane of cinema, but when used so well as it is here (see the ships approaching Troy for instance) it proves to be an effective and entertaining tool.

Troy has problems, of that there is no doubt. But come the end one knows that it has been entertained, one knows that this was a time of heroes. So with that, and the knowledge that the film made a profit of just over £320 million worldwide, Petersen can smugly sit in his chair musing it was job done. 7/10

***”Where does it end?” — “It never ends.”***

If Homer’s mythical epic “The Iliad” is based on a factual story, that story is magnificently depicted in Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 epic “Troy.” In other words, don’t expect any goofy ‘gods’ or ‘goddesses’ like Athena popping out of thin air because “Troy” is a realistic portrayal of the Trojan war.

More than that, “Troy” is arguably the best sword & sandal epic ever put to film. You name the picture — “Samson and Delilah,” “Spartacus,” “Ben-Hur,” “Ulysses,” “The Viking Queen,” “Conan the Barbarian,” “Braveheart,” “Attila,” “The Odyssey,” “Gladiator,” etc. — “Troy” is superior. At the very least it’s as good as some of the better flicks just noted, like “Ben-Hur,” and far edges out “Spartacus” and “Samson and Delilah.” As for more recent sword & sandal epics, like the overrated “Braveheart” or “Gladiator,” “Troy” blows ’em out of the water.

Roger Ebert is a great writer and critic, but his mediocre review of “Troy” is all wrong. Ebert’s major criticisms, believe it or not, are the main reasons I have such high respect for this film: He complains that Petersen omitted the many Greek ‘gods’ & ‘goddesses’ and gripes that the actors perform their roles as believable people and not larger-than-life caricatures. This can, of course, be respectably done, as in the 1955 film “Ulysses,” but this is not what Petersen was shooting for in “Troy.” His goal, as already noted, was to depict the actual Trojan War on which Homer’s myth is based. (Even if it never really took place, wars LIKE IT did).

Regarding Brad Pitt’s heavily criticized performance as Achilles, I couldn’t care less about Pitt until seeing this movie as he does an outstanding job portraying Greece’s greatest warrior. No, he’s not the bulkiest warrior to ever grace the earth, but he’s fast as lightning, confident, expertly skilled and deadly accurate. Even his voice completely fits the role. Eric Bana (from “Hulk”) is also great as Hector, Achilles’ Trojan counterpart, who’s sick of war and just wants to live a life of peace with his family. These two have a showdown in the film and it is without a doubt the greatest mano-a-mano sword & sandal duel ever filmed.

What’s interesting about the picture is that you never really end up rooting for one side or the other. When Achilles and Hector have their powerful face-off, my wife and I couldn’t decide for whom to root. Maybe that’s the point. Don’t get me wrong, Agamemnon could be viewed as the villain in this picture, and I wasn’t rooting for Menelaus when he fights Paris (Orlando Bloom, who seduces Helen, Menelaus’ wife), but neither the Greeks nor the Trojans are painted as the ‘good guys’ or ‘bad guys.’ They’re just people at war, and in war there’s no real glory, as Hector points out… and it never ends, as Achilles states. An additional point is that living in a state of war is a JOYLESS existence. And both Bana and Pitt get this across well.

As for beautiful women, there are only a couple mentionable: Diane Kruger plays Helen, “the face that launched a thousand ships.” Some have complained that she’s too plain for the role, but I disagree. I’m not a fan of hers or anything, but she looks pretty dang sharp to me (not to mention has an impressive behind shot). Besides, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. If Paris deems her worthy of starting a war, who are we to disagree? Also on hand is cutie Rose Byrne who plays Briseis, the virgin priestess whom Achilles converts to the pleasures of the flesh.

I should point out that “Troy” was one of the most expensive pictures ever made at the time and it definitely SHOWS on the screen. Make no mistake, “Troy” is breath-taking just to WATCH — the colossal armies, ships and battles are awe-inspiring to behold, not to mention the Maltan and Mexican locations. And the CGI effects are outstanding for the time, not fake-looking like the Rome & Coliseum scenes in “Gladiator.”

Another complaint by Ebert is that the dialogue is lousy; nothing could be further from the truth. There are great pieces of dialogue interspersed throughout, including Achilles’ comment that the ‘gods’ envy people because we’re mortal and “Everything’s beautiful because we’re doomed.” Thankfully, there’s not one goofy one-liner anywhere to be found.

James Horner’s score should also be mentioned. If you enjoyed the soundtrack of “The Passion of the Christ” you’ll love this one because it’s just as good/serious/reverent/powerful. For instance, the intense percussion during Achilles and Hector’s showdown is magnificent.

Interestingly, Brad Pitt, who plays Achilles, injured his Achilles tendon during shooting. Fitting, no?

FINAL WORD: If you’re in the mood for a sword & sandal epic, “Troy” more than fills the bill. The story captivates from the get-to and never lets up the entire 2.5 hour runtime (technically 2 hours, 42 minutes, with credits). It extravagantly visualizes the Trojan War for you, something I never did until seeing this mind-blowing, outstanding piece of cinema.

GRADE: A+

What this movie needed was more gladiator style combat n more footage of Ajax.
Its strange that my earlier review got deleted. Must be some Bollywood fanboy.

I first saw this in 2004 in a theatre, then again on a dvd which I own.

Revisited the Director’s Cut of 196 minutes recently which has more nudity of Diane Kruger (amazing boobs n butt), it has more violence and gore, including much more of Ajax’s bloody rampage on the Trojans during the initial attack by the Greek Army.

It also has a sequence where the few surviving Trojans escape to Mount Ida.

The only thing i didn’t like in the Director’s Cut was the scene depicting the soldiers raping women and murdering babies.

This one is a good example of a sword n sandal movie but there is no tension or suspense.

The best scene is the fight sequence between Hector n Achilles along with a superb background music.

A Worthy Epic
It seems Hollywood does great when it comes to big budget war movies. This film checks a lot of boxes. Cast is great, score is superb, plot and pacing, yes and yes.

The choreography in the fight scene with Hector and Achilles is amazing. I have seen this movie probably about five times now and that scene is still stylish and heart throbbing after all these years. And the shameful manner which Hector is then treated while Achilles looks at his family; movie gold.

A highly watchable film that does not lull even with its over 2-1/2 our runtime.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 43 min (163 min), 3 hr 16 min (196 min) (director’s cut)
Budget 175000000
Revenue 497409852
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Wolfgang Petersen
Writer Homer, David Benioff
Actors Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom
Country United States, Malta, United Kingdom
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 23 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Cooke S4 Lenses, Arricam ST, Cooke S4 Lenses, Arriflex 435 ES, Cooke S4 Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, London, UK, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), London, UK (digital intermediate)
Film Length 4,300 m (Italy), 4,439 m (cut version) (Germany), 4,463.8 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 500T 5218, Vision 250D 5246)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383)