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Troy - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Troy - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
by Wolfgang Petersen

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Actor: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Brand: Warner Brothers
Blu-ray: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Mandarin Chinese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 196 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-09-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video

Movie Reviews of Troy - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Blu-Ray, Amazon, and Troy = Amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars

First off, I must say that Amazon.com is *the* hands down best site for ordering just about any product off the web. The prices are usually the lowest with the bidding/comparison system, and shipping is very fast and reasonable (with options). I have gone through a process where the product was defective (not as advertised), and Amazon simply refunded my money and said to keep the item. Yes, that is service!

Anyhow, enough about what we already know.

Blu-Ray -- If you are buying this movie, you have a player.. So odds are you know it is the latest and greatest in High Definition at the current Main Stream moment. (It and HD DVD,.. but I digress).

So on to the Movie:

This is how I see things from these reviews..

For those of you considering the Movie.

A) It looks amazing, -- Take out the plot/acting, etc.. And just focusing on the Quality of the High Definition product,.. It is not just a 'Pan and Scan' like some might say, .. It is a Next Gen, high quality, great Mastering product. You will absolutely not be disappointed in the 'visual and audio' return from this disc.

B) Ok, you are sold on quality, and have the player, and trust Amazon enough to purchase. --- Now you are asking yourself, is this movie one I will enjoy?

No one can answer that for you, of course. Though, consider this,.. It is a trivial price for starters. It is a popular movie, that if you don't like, someone very close to you likely will in a worst case scenario.

In comparison,.. If you like most of Brad Pitt's acting/work you will like this movie.

If you enjoy movies such as Gladiator, Braveheart, or other action/epic tales.. You will enjoy this.

Orlando Bloom plays his role well, but his role matches his true 'Real Life' physical character. In other words he isn't the big 'kick your butt' kind of role in this film. He still plays an important part, and is a worthy adversary.

If you are a 'stickler' on COMPLETE authenticity historically,.. You might find some things 'off' -- But, I could re-butt that argument with ; How much do we really know FACTUALLY about the empires existing at that time? So the movie is 'easily' believable if you take into context of 'legendary' figures such as 'Achilles',.. and 'Hector' et al.

If you ever watched the HBO series, "Rome", and enjoyed it.. You will like this DVD.

If you are 'into' a bit of fantasy and interested in Ancient Romanesque Culture and Epic Triumphs with accompanied Defeats.. You should enjoy the flick.

I can only say positives,.. It isn't my 'favorite' movie of *all* time,.. But it is, to me, a movie that you can watch once.. Really enjoy,.. and some months later easily watch it again. (Some movies you simply cannot fathom watching again, if that makes sense).

Again, it looks and sounds amazing. So if you have a great Home Theater,.. You will make good use of it via the Disc. It is cheap, relatively, so what is the harm?

I suppose if you absolutely abhor Brad Pitt's work, you probably won't enjoy this. If you cannot stand fact and fiction mixtures,.. you might be annoyed. If your mind simply cannot delve into a little bit of a fantasy world,.. You might not be able to get 'into' the movie. (I can't really come up with a major 'Con' list without going into details of the plot.. Which I do not think is necessary or useful on Amazon.com.)

Enjoy the movie! Hope this helps , .. a little. =)

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Summary of Troy - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Brad Pitt picks up a sword and brings a muscular, brooding presence to the role of Greek warrior Achilles in this spectacular retelling of The Iliad. Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger play the legendary lovers who plunge the world into war, Eric Bana portrays the prince who dares to confront Achilles, and Peter O'Toole rules Troy as King Priam. Director Wolfgang Petersen recreates a long-ago world of bireme warships, clashing armies, the massive fortress city and the towering Trojan Horse.

No doubt about it, the 196-minute unrated director's cut of Troy represents a significant improvement over the film's original 162-minute theatrical release--and not just because it has more sex and violence. As director Wolfgang Petersen notes in his new "Troy Revisited" video introduction to this 2-disc special edition, he didn't have the time or directorial discretion (prior to Troy's release in 2004) to present a cut that more closely matched his vision for the film. Three years later, Petersen approached the film with a more relaxed perspective, and the result is a well-crafted expansion on a film that was previously underrated, with 30 minutes of previously unseen material. Character dynamics have been improved and intensified; the epic-scale narrative is now easier to follow, with greater emphasis on the inner turmoil of Achilles (well played by Brad Pitt) and his rivalry with Hector (Eric Bana); and viewers will feel a more satisfying escalation of tension and suspense from battle to battle. The film's enormous battle scenes (impressively enhanced with CGI) are bloodier and gorier, but they're also more effectively integrated into the political story, which goes beyond Homer's The Iliad and the death of Hector to incorporate elements of Virgil and a more revealing study of the differences between Trojan king Priam (Peter O'Toole) and his megalomanical Greek rival, king Agamemnon (Brian Cox), whose lust for revenge is now one of the film's most powerful ingredients. Some of Troy's original weaknesses remain (such as Orlando Bloom's wimpy performance as Paris), but overall, this director's cut easily justifies its existence, regardless of the film's overblown and historically inaccurate depiction of Troy as a gigantic city of massive columns and statuary. The good parts are better, and the not-so-good parts are more easily forgiven. And no matter how you cut it, Troy is a lavish feast for the eyes. --Jeff Shannon

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Troy - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]