Troy ended up being a mediocre movie, that didn’t have much plot, character development, or any good action scenes (save one, maybe two). I’m sure there was more in it for the girls than the guys. I mean, Diane Kruger is hot, but much better without all the makeup and frills. I was pleasantly reminded about Odysseus’s little part in the story, although they got Sean Bean to portray him, the actor who also tries to kill Frodo in Lord of the Rings, betrays his partner in Equilibrium, screws up a weapons deal then throws up in the gettaway car in Ronin, and tries to destroy England in GoldenEye.
After seeing Bean in these fuck-up, bad guy roles, it’s hard to imagine him as the great Greek hero, especially since Odysseus has always been my favourite Greek character. He’s the guy who’s totally balanced; a brain, an athlete, a host, a warrior, an artist, famous for his cleverness and cunning. He’s the guy who stayed faithful to Penelope while being pursued by Calypso and Circe, the guy who dared to listen to the sirens sing, the guy who came up with the idea of the Trojan horse, the guy who tried everything in his power to get his crew home safely through every obstacle imaginable, but the only one with the tenacity to make it. If Odysseus was alive today, I’d give him my props.