I shall tell you something you don't lern in your temples. The gods envy us. Because we are mortal.

I know that my beloved thinks that I give too much for other people's opinion, but I can't help it. And it annoys me badly when I drive to university and hear the lady on the radio talk about how Troy is not a movie for women because women, after all, don't like movies with big battles and pathetic heroes, and hairy men's legs in sandals we can see at every beach, and we want real horses, not wooden horses, and we want love stories anyway, but then again, it has Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom, so maybe it's worth seeing.
Fuck you. I'm a woman, I like big battle scenes and some (some!) pathos, I like oldfashioned clothing and armor and legends come to life. I'm not alone, and I'm tired of hearing that sort of stuff. Gah.

And our newspaper, bitching about how Wolfgang Petersen gave up so many chances for great political statements. Probably it's just me, but I actually don't see much reason to stuff big political statements into the adaptation of a thousands-year old legend, other than what is already there in the line of political statement (and make no mistake, there is).

Hm. The trailer for The Day after Tomorrow makes me want to write some sort of Akallabêth/ Day after Tomorrow crossover fic. If I had the time.

That said, I saw the movie in question yesternight. Altogether, I liked it, although my short summary below probably will sound like I didn't. But it was okay, really. Not exactly like the book, but after all, it only says "Inspired by Homer's Iliad" in the end credits. No, I did like it.

Cut for length, potential spoilers and those who don't care.
( From Troy with love )

Goodness. "Short summary", I don't think so.

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Keine Zeit mehr zum Übersetzen - schaut euch den Film doch einfach selbst an, wenn euch diese "kurze" Zusammenfassung zu lang ist. ;)

Troja zum Zweiten

Diesmal für die Deutschsprachigen.
Da ich aber keine Lust habe den Monstertext aus dem letzten Post zu übersetzen, mache ich statt dessen eine Art Kurzdrehbuch (naja, das mit dem "kurz" kennen wir ja).

Ebenfalls verdeckt, wegen der Spoiler und der befürchteten Länge.
( Liebesgrüße aus Troja )

... Es ist nicht kürzer.