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Originally posted by The Hierophant:
There are two Ajax's Link [img]smile.gif[/img]
Since they only mention one Ajax in 'Troy', we can take our pick as to which one dies in which way [img]smile.gif[/img] Either way, neither of them are killed by Hector [img]smile.gif[/img]
And nice summary of the Briseis story by the way, saves me having to do it [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
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Actually you cannot argue. The Ajax you're talking about is the "little" Ajax. The "big" Ajax who was in the movie is the one Link is referring to.
Anyway, I really liked the movie and although I'm a big fan of the original Iliad and the Epic Kyklos I did not mind the inconsistencies (like Menelaos dying or having Briseis taken from the temple of Apollo) as they were very well wrought into the movie.
However I felt that after Peter O'Toole's great scene with Brad Pitt (the returning of the body and the end of the actual Iliad) the movie went downhill.
They had Bloom pull a Legolas, killed Agamemmnon (which makes little sense as there's so much story about him afterwards in the myth),...
Instead of giving Aineias, the second most important hero of Troy, only half a line they should have left him out entirely as they did (and I did not mind) with the little Ajax, Kassandra, Chryseis and her father and the gods altogether (which I actually thought quite a good idea).
I liked the personalities the characters were given and really enjoyed the movie up until Paris became Legolas (which IMO was just out-of-character) and they were going for a Hollywood showdown.
Though I first felt that the end had ruined the movie for me looking back I think it wasn't so bad. And for the return of epic movies it certainly outdid the horrid Gladiator.