Re: "Troy" fights scenes.
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Originally posted by Jet Johnson
...It may be the best fight scene in 2004 (after Hero, of course). I find it interesting that the Greeks really had their own style of fighting, which involved mostly hacking and thrusting; as opposed to the slashing motion of the chinese broadsword. Good stuff!
It was quite a good fight but do you really think that was representative of ancient Greek fighting styles?! I didn't know Wolfgang Peterson was a reincarnated ancient Greek! I don't think there were so many manuals either, or written reports, and if you look at ancient Greek vase pictures etc, their stances are much more standard than all that fancy-shmancy baton twirling stuff.
And I wouldn't really think anyone would swing their spear around the back of their neck like that, or quite go for so many one-handed thrusts from right on the end of the shaft with a soft metal bladed weapon - not enough power with that hand position I wouldn't have thought. The balancing it on the curve of the shield was just about plausible though, especially as those things would have been tiring to use.
BTW, I thought the film sucked donkey balls. A lot of potential, a lot of money, excellent performances from Brian Cox and especially Peter O'Toole, who just showed up Pitt's pouting monkey face for what it was... no they didn't - I still don't know what Pitt's monkey impression was in aid of... was that getting into a hero's character? If your hero has arms twice as long as his body and a preponderance of ginger all-over body hair.
Just my HO of course! :D