TROY (2004) FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

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I’ve always loved that achilles pulled out the arrows that hit him in the torso, so the Greeks who found his body ended up thinking the heel-shot killed him -The movie “explaining” how that myth got started

The only person I’ve ever seen say Hector has no honor in this film lol. Hector doesn’t let his brother die hugging his leg.. coward. Achilles dragging a body behind a chariot.. honorable. 😂

You didn't recognize Ned Stark as Odysseus? I really wish they had made The Odyssey with him after this movie

Thing thing with Hector, he knew the war was happening at that point, no matter if Paris won or not. So, he decided to save his brother's life. A few more hours/days/years whatever with his brother was better than none, considering Agamemnon was going to try and take Troy anyway. Hector 100% understood this. He was a general and a real leader. The failure here was on Paris and Priam. Hector told them both, but at the end of the day he honored his gods, loved his family, and defended his country to the death. He never had a choice, his family made choices that he couldn't take back and in the end the only option he had was run away or fight and die. Hector was the real tragedy of this story.

I'm guessing you've never had a younger brother. Mine got me in all kinds of fights when we were kids. You always protect your younger siblings.

Hector was the best of all of them. He didn't just make stupid decisions and always did what was right. Saving his brother during the 1 on 1 was not the wrong choice. He was there at his feet, and did what any brother would do not to mention it was obvious that whether Paris won or lost, there was going to be a war.

Hector was the best character in this movie. As far as killing Menelaus during his 1v1 with Paris, I believe Hector knew Agamemnon would attack Troy regardless of the outcome, so why let his brother die? If your enemy is going to dishonour the agreement not to attack, was the agreement to the 1v1 valid to begin with? Why should he honour that?

Hector and his wife were deeply in love and were truly faithful to one another. obviously bad things happened in the end but before all of that it was good. Hector as the oldest son and a prince was pretty much required to lead Troys Armies. Also Hector didn’t do anything wrong, you knocking the wrong dude lol he was the only one who spoke truthfully from start to finish. He was protecting his brother and tbh the Greeks didn’t honor the pact anyways so killing Menelaus didn’t matter

I understand the honor dilemma, but to watch your less capable brother die would be near impossible. Hector is the true of this tale

How is Hector a coward? Achilles cousin died in battle. Fair fight. Achilles is a hypocrite.

This is actually a better adaptation of the Iliad than some give it credit for- the key being that it is an ADAPTATION. One that removes the most direct supernatural elements from the story and instead tries to find a middle ground between "the real thing" and most of the key details of oral tradition.

You roasting Paris the entire movie made me sub, I adore the level at which you despise his actions.

Héctor was not a coward, he was the bravest man in the story. He was so brave, that he held the weight of breaking his honor for saving his brother, knowing the meaning of it. And knowing, furthermore, that the war was going to happen anyway.

You have done Hector Bad. He was protecting his brother. Besides the Greeks were going to attack anyways so there was not honor either ways.

Him evil laughing as Troy is being destroyed in the echoing ethereal voice, makes him seem like some sort of judgemental god that takes joy in witnessing destruction. I kinda love it.

Tbh Hector was the only honorable one out of the royal family. Cant hate on him. Paris makes my blood boil every time I watch this movie

@Logical Movie Reviews With MRLBOYD Just an FYI.. The guy who directed this movie was one of the two guys in charge of the whole Game of Thrones series. So not sure how much he can learn from himself.

I don’t think you understand what a coward is. What Hector did by defending Paris could easily be said to be dishonorable and even selfish since the pact between those two men wasn’t his right or business to interrupt. Even the father understood this as he urged Paris to continue fighting instead of crawling away. A coward would have stood there and done nothing to to put his own life at risk. A coward wouldn’t be leading men into battle, challenging Achilles the first time, the second time when he thought he Was fighting him, or the 3 rd time when he knew he was going to die but went out to meet his fate like a man.

an important part of the original story that this movie misses is that Helen was more or less brainwashed by Eros at the will of Aphrodite and given to Paris as a reward for him naming Aphrodite the hottest Godess. The war also lasts a decade before they try the horse trick and during this time the spell starts to wear off. Helen actually ends up helping the Greeks enter the city

They could not have done better than Eric for the look. He literally looks like a greek statue.

Paris was definitely a coward. Hector however? It may not have been honorable, but he was just protecting his brother as any family would. I cannot blame him for doing that.

It's considered cowardly to hit a man in the balls but it's the only reason I'm alive today. Just saying. Most people would shoot the devil in the back if they knew he was looking for them.

38:05 "I don't have a brother but..." 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah so the brotherly love is kinda like the love for a parent.

I always loved TROY. Saw it in the theater. Thought the cast was amazing then. Looking back now it just makes me think about how today's movies don't even try anymore. My favorite thing is seeing Peter O'Toole and Brad Pitt together. Peter was once the Brad Pitt of his day. They used to say that he was so pretty in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA that they should have called it FLORENCE OF ARABIA. What I thought was interesting was how they decided to take the gods out of it. The characters talked about them but they actually didn't participate in the events of the movie. Showing Achilles take out the other arrows before the soldiers find him shows you how they could have whipped up a story to explain why an "immortal" warrior would die from a single wound to his heel. People like to mention 300 in the same breath as TROY but I don't think it comes close. The quality here is epic.

Any big brother would have done the same thing for his baby brother. Prince Hector really didn’t have another choice. He wasn’t going to let his brother be killed while he’s begging him to protect him.

Great vid, highly recommending the Count of Monte Cristo (2002) - excellent film

So the sword of Troy has some significance in myth. After the fall of Troy, Aeneas took the sword and the refugees of Troy and fled west. They settled along a small river that would eventually turn into a small village named Rome.

What are you talking about Hector?? He is a true warrior!!

I personally subscribe to what Maester Aemon said in GOT, “Love is the Death of duty. If there comes a time when he must chose between honour on one hand and the ones he loved on the other what would he chose? What is honour compared to a womans love or a brothers smile” I would have done the same as Hector, or at least tried to. At that point especially, the war was going to happen regardless.

"You're still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect." has gotta be one of my favorite quotes of any movie.

The echo and video and audio being off made it to hard to watch. Sucks because Troy is one of my favorite movies.

I just saw your reaction video, you're the first person who say Hector was a fool or a clown and had no honour for saveing his brother from the other king, i mean, Paris was his little brother ! I wonder what would you do if you were in the situation 🤨

Grecian and Roman society prized filial piety, the eldest brother was expected to protect their younger siblings, so Hector was required to protect Paris as best he could in any situation even when Paris took the callow path and forfeit the way he did.

You should watch "Kingdom of heaven" it's a wild ride

One of my profs in Classical Philology loved this movie, especially for the accurate delivery of the epic's core message, namely that war is tragic. The dynamic between Achilles and Hector - two people who could have been friends...the center is Achilles' anger, first for Agamemnon taking away his concubine Briseis, then for Hector killing Patroklos. But seriously, you should maybe watch some gynecology videos. The hymen breaking is a bit of a myth. The reason why people started expecting bleeding at the first time was because obviously in arranged marriages and with the girls being not that old, yet, sex was an uncomfortable experience. But vaginal bleeding can happen anytime when it's too rough, there is not enough lubrication. Some women have an entirely closed hymen resulting in the condition that the menstrual blood can't flow out. They need surgery then.

I don't know if you catched it. 51:21 actor on the left played lord Commander Mormont of the nights watch. Also this actor 10:23 is the same actor who played Ned Stark

The way I see it, Achilles is a mostly-selfish warrior fighting for personal glory and nothing else (except for the duel with Hector, which was revenge for an innocent mistake and therefore unjust, though also understandable). Hector, on the other hand, is a brave and honorable man doing his best to figure out and do the right thing in a horrible situation where there really is no right thing. They are both better men than everyone else in the movie, but that isn't saying much. Hector isn't perfect, of course, but compared to the rest of the cast, including Achilles, he stands out as the only one worth rooting for.

"These are Men"..absolutely! If I recall correctly Brad Pitt gained around 25 lbs of muscle for this movie. These used similar weight of weapons. This movie is one of my top films!

I dont believe Hector was a coward, really. While his brother Paris was the indirect cause of thousands of men dying in these battles.....im sure Hector still didnt want him to die, and especially not in front of him. I myself have several brothers....and i`d find it extremely difficult to live without them, or my sisters, or any other family member. And while i dont totally agree with what Paris did, i do understand, because he was young, and in love. Sometimes love causes people to do silly things. Im sure Paris didnt wanna be the cause of lots of people dying, but he also, equally likely, didnt wanna loose his love. She must not have been happy with her marriage to the King, as it was an arranged marriage, most likely. But, Aggamemnon just wanted any excuse to start a war, just to have control of another army or plot of land.

Homer, Iliad 18. 416 ff (trans. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) : "Hephaestus left his bellows took up a heavy stick in his hand, and went to the doorway limping. And in support of their master moved his attendants. THESE ARE MADE OF GOLD, and in appearance LIKE LIVING young women. They had inside them THOUGHT and SPEECH." Maybe, just maybe, there is more to it in homeric scrolls?

Patroclus wasn't Achilles' cousin. He was his lover. I guess the film changed that for audiences at the time.

Finally someone reacting to a movie for an hour on youtube

Watch your mouth when it comes to Hector 😂… he did what any of us would’ve done for our idiotic brother Hector clearly told him the fight was over and prepare for the battle…homie didn’t listen and payed the price

Idk how you came to the conclusion that Hector was a coward but wow. That man was the most honorable in the whole movie. And I KNOW for a fact there is no way you would allow your brother to be cut down while holding your leg pleading for his life. He was prepared to let him die in combat. It the fight was over. Paris, however, was pure pussy

I went to see Harry Potter and they put this on accidentally after seeing that first scene with Brad Pitt jumping through the air ending the giants life I immediately knew I had to watch this Troy movie. 9-10 Brilliant

I like how you try to keep looking for the "point of no return" when the entire point of this epic is to show just what a petty, vicious, all-consuming spiral into the underworld war is. For EVERYONE involved and even those not directly involved. It never ends and it never changes,.

Hector is not a King that have full power of order people.. Hector is just a prince that just submit his king even he always doesn't want to. This all misarable is King responsibility, not Hector. He's always try to stop king or his brother but he can't

You got this all the way wrong. Your younger brother begging for his life at your feet and you would let someone murder him? That's sociopathic

"If they ever tell my story let them say I walked with giants, men rise and fall like the Winter wheat but these names will never die... Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses...let them say I lived in the time of Achilles..." Odysseus

3:44 Troy is a classic. Diane Kruger was perfectly cast as Helen, and she should have got an Oscar nomination.

you have the worst audio of any youtuber I have ever heard lol. Also no understanding of what was happening in the film, evidently.

Men talking about things they know nothing about ... I'm pretty sure that this level of control is absolutely capable to make even that a pleasant experience. It's has nothing to do with beheading or dismembering, guys. It's a short moment, nothing else. Violence ends with the battle.

So Jenny was in charge of audio huh?

The bond of siblings can be strong in wierd ways, respect for admiting you might not quite get it not grown up with one like that. I judge Paris just as much but I also get Hector's decision kill Menelaos. He was willing to respect the challenge and accept the potential fate of his brother where he stood watching not able to engage in time to defend him. But with his brother sad and injured hugging his feet. He's wasn't gonna let him be slayed right at his feet where he can do something. But I'm surr he also understood that no matter what there will be war anyway. So might as well defend his brother and hope the wall holds and Troy become victorious and his family remained whole. Or if it's all doomed anyway what does honoring an agreement really matters at that point. Idk. I like Hector, I understand his actions and reasoning. Hate Paris and Agamemnon, but most of all I love Achillies. My favorite warrior. Always salty about the way he died and that Paris of all damn people was the one killing him. And that salt also spills over to his mother... Like... She couldn't have dipped him 2 more inches deeper? Or flipped him over and dipped his feet a second time for good measure? xD

its always wild to me that nobody had faith in hector against achilles lol. I understand why, but that's still crazy work

Brother honor is the highest tier, including those not born by blood

Editor: How does the awesome Achilles move and kill in the opening duel not make your cut?? Also, AV out of sync starting 46 or 47 min mark. Rec you repost.

What's wild is that Achilles' drug Hector's body around the entire city of Troy for a *month* straight in the book. And then of course you had the two "spin offs" from this The Odyssey (written by Homer) with Odysseus' long return to his wife (amazingly adapted into early modern USA in the film "O brother where art thou?" with George Clooney) and then The Aeneid by Virgil in which Aeneas (A fleeing Trojan) travels to and becomes a Roman. (Which of course eventually gets "Troy's revenge" on Greece by it being crushed by the Roman Republic and brought to heel well before Virgil's writing of this epic)

I got really excited when I saw that you were reaction to this, especially when I seen it was over an hour long. So far 20 minutes and I'm feeling extremely disappointed due to the fact of you other than all the best battle scenes up to this point. You completely skipped the first fight, only showing the big guy hit the ground. You skipped the first 90% of the beach Landing as well when Achilles fought his way up to Temple steps using the shield on his back in a very creative way. You skipped every scene The Beach Landing that showed the big guy which was all very good content. Can you skipped the iconic spear throw that was responsible for causing hector to show caution for Achilles, which is where I have it paused now. I really hope that it doesn't continue following this pattern, because if so there's no way I'm going to be able to continue watching this.

Really Brad Pitt, you recognize him lol

I disagree with your take on nudity in Game of Thrones. The explicit content was a major draw and one of the biggest contributing factors for the rise of the TV show. The first season was meant to have extreme shock factor to draw audiences.

This guys got the complete wrong impression of Hector it’s really annoying me holy

Hector and Andromache deserved better. The myths were way more interesting than the movie, though. Zeus needed Thetis to marry a mortal because it was said that her son would become greater than his father. Then when he didn’t invite Eris to a banquet celebrating Thetis’ marriage that set in motion the Judgment of Paris which brought about the war. Lesson: gods are petty af. The Trojans basically invented gaslighting, telling Cassandra she was crazy when she was right about literally everything all the time. And Paris not only broke up Helen’s marriage, he left his own wife Oenone to do it. Then when he was dying of his battle wounds he went back to his first wife for help but she refused to heal him, even though she loved him so much that she threw herself on his funeral pyre. Ancient mythology is totally insane and I love it 😂

Hector is far from being a coward. He was the best warrior after Achilles.

Couple cool facts which may have been stated: 1) Patroclus May have been Achilles cousin/brother but most believe he was Achilles lover. 2) after Achilles killed hector he dragged his body around the city for 2 weeks shouting about how he killed him and how all the gods see hector for a coward 3) the coins on the eyes are for the boat man which in Ancient Greece it was the boat man who would bring you to the underworld to be judged if you didn’t have money you’d wander aimlessly

HELLO ….HELlo …Helloooo. Lol. It happens man

You'll have to repost this! ....

Something key to understand about the Iliad, its all just a proxy war between the Olympian Gods, trying to resist them is a type of folly only sly Odysseus really manages to pull off. Not even Achilles can dodge the cost of his hubris, particularly with disrespecting Apollo and ignoring the premonition of his mother in pursuit of eternal, but ultimately hollow, fame.

Always wished they had done a follow up Odyssey film with Sean Bean

Damn, everything got fucked up and out of sync.

I don’t k ow if you have a bother but I will do the same

"This is something Game of Thrones can learn" Yeah but like, HBO, man.

I don't think that Agamemnon took the priestess to gain an advantage over Achilles. He hates him. It's way more revenge and spite and a way to hurt him, to weaken him. He sacrifices his best fighter for his greed to have everything. He hates everyone who does'nt kneel in front of him, everyone he can't own.

People wanting other people to die for honor are a plague fr humanity. It is one of the most useless and worst value . It hurts , it forces people to do stupid things , it takes lives. It's not necessarily good... In this movie , Paris is not a coward , he challenged Menelaus... He doesn't want to die , so what... ? He is human. No one wants to die. Hector didn't want his brother to die because he is human too.He knew his death in Duel was useless because Paris was humilated and that's enough. Sad no one is able to see how (at least in the movie ) , Helen and Paris are just shown as naive people and tools for bloodthirsty people .

"Achilles Heel" - I had the exact same realization the first time I watched this movie.

Am I the only one getting no audio on this video?

Oh lordie why is he down a well?

Hector deserved better!

46:18 the sound desynchs here. Thought you'd like to know.

This movie was written by David Benioff. He's one of two people who were in charge of Game of Thrones.

The sword isn't magical, they were just implying a sword holds power. As in a kind wields power. A person in power.

Im sad we never got the Odyssey starring Sean Bean. He's such an amazing actor and his portrayal of Odysseus was great in this movie

Kerfuful is the new word for extension of political will by force - which is the definition of ...

Another classic. I watched this w my older bros just stunned at this Gladiator type movie. “Honor the Gods, love ur woman, defend ur country.” Words I live by.

do not judge Hector ! Would you let your enemy kill your brother at your feet ? What kind of love do you have for your family ? Family always comes first !

gotta say the echo voice was not it my man

The arrows wouldn’t friendly fire because Troy’s front line never moved and they were well under the range. The reason for that is when the Greek army crashes. The front line then they use continuous fire from the walls to separate the rest of the army from the few That made it into Troy’s front line

This is my favorite epic movie, although it doesn't follow the Iliad precisely, its just so well made and shows the complexity of war.

The movie Troy is the worst made for Homer's epic Iliad, which you refer to the war of Troy. If the actors who took part did not act, no one would know her. 1st Achilles never entered the city of Troy, he died by Paris 3 years before Troy fall . 2nd, Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus did not die in the Trojan war, but returned back to Greece, where Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra killed him, because Agamemnon had sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia so that the ships could start the journey to Troy. That in a few words

Yes Paris should not have taken someone else's wife but like the father said they were going to try to capture Troy sooner or later this just gave him a reason to do it sooner

I think with Troy, they were so focused on Troy and Achilles' troop they miss facts about the Spartans being the best greek warriors pound for pound and their slave army. Maybe Homer's story didn't include it but for historical accuracy of today's movies.. they could have done better showing the greek societies and greek kingdoms

The justification would have been found, regardless of Paris. The war had to happen, Troy was "rich"" (relied on trade, so money had to be kept moving, war stops trade.) Agamemnon needed money, he though Troy had it, it didn't, and the war impoverished the whole region.

Yeah…your definitely not the only one who hates Paris as a character in this my dude😅 in fact, now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure that it’s the only time I’ve disliked a character that Orlando Bloom plays

Actually Ahile was trained by a god that's why he said "i have seen them" by Chiron, a very wise centaur (half human-half horse) and a bow with arrows as a weapon..

Let's not forget Hector just came into Harry's and bought 3 t66 turbos, with NOS and motec system exhaust! Shit wrong movie

You do understand that had you lived in that era you would have believed many different Gods too. So why would expect them to use logic and reason?

damn this could have been a good reaction. between all of the good battle scenes being edited out, and the video / audio malfunctions, this turned out to be one of the most disappointing reactions I've seen in quite some time.

“I don’t know what type of family this is”. Umm, the type of family who will protect each other?

I know it is not a topic here but check horryfing things that happend on horror movie sets after that movie as movie wont be scary at aĺl it makes you think just suggestion nice reaction as always