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Troy (2004)
The Gods
A quick response to the review that applauds the way this movie depicted the Greek gods and their relationship, or lack thereof, to their human counterparts. If you have actually read and studied the Illiad you would know that Hector would never question or doubt the power of the gods. This movie was made in the modern mode of thinking; that gods are intangible conceits created by human consciousness. In the Illiad, the gods, Apollo, Athena, etc., are just as real as the men of Greek and Troy. They take shape, take the form of certain characters, speak directly to the warriors, and most importantly control the actions of the characters that drive the story. So, instead of applauding this "new" more realistic take, I think the film makers did us a disservice by not being "realistic" to the original story. These heroes did not think and behave the way we do today. It would have been much more interesting, like Homer's original is, if they were true to the story. And while Achilles states in the opening scene that he is not invincible, his mother is depicted as a sea-nymph, which, she was and, which, while not exactly a god in Greek mythology, is still immortal.
Dirty Love (2005)
She is no Lucille Ball
this movie was horrible. Who the hell is Jenny McCarthy to mock Woody Allen, in a comedy no less? Lewd jokes, which, are not really jokes at all, and crass sight gags, do automatically make something funny. The Farrelly Brothers use this kind of comedy well because hidden within the toilet humor is some form of wit or intelligence. These jokes, which, are thrown at us relentlessly, are devoid of any true comedy, relying on shock-value and funny faces to makes us laugh(which they don't. The over-acting compounds this; the constant "funny" hysterical crying of McCarthy(she obviously thinks she's a comic genius, which, only further irritates the viewer,) the ghetto shtick of Carmen Electra (she was better than i expected) and the airhead-Hollywood-stereotype of the other best friend; all of it tires after five minutes. It is not that I think this type of comedy is always awful; it's just awful in the hands of a lazy writer like McCarthy. In all, a very unfunny, boring movie.