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February 21, 2005
Me and Greek Mythology
This weekend, my husband and I rented "Troy". I finally got a chance to watch it last night.... Now, my point.... it's been a long time since I studied Greek mythology, but, I couldn't help but become a bit obsessive about some of the inaccuracies in the movie this afternoon.
My favorite inaccuracy, by the way, is that Paris and Menelaus never actually fought in one-on-one combat during the Trojan war. In fact, Menelaus challenged Paris to fight, but, supposedly Aphrodite interfered and did not allow the fight to take place. Aphrodite, after all, had given Helen to Paris as a prize for judging herself to be the fairest of the goddesses. Before the goddess beauty pageant, Menelaus and Helen were very happily married and even had a child together... and after the Trojan war, they were reunited and lived happily ever after.
I guess I'm just having a little trouble realizing that Hollywood needed to "spice up" this story... no matter how hot Brad Pitt is... and believe me, he is damn hot.... some stories are just pretty darn good on their own. He would have been just as hot if they had told a different story.
But... this hardly seems worthy of a whole-hearted bitch session. I just thought I'd mention it. I'm, frankly, kind of surprised how much time I have been even thinking about it today. I guess this is just another way to avoid thinking about anything important... like that midterm on thursday.
Posted by trina at February 21, 2005 02:40 PM
Comments
can't u watch something for just the entertainment value? :)
Posted by: adam at February 24, 2005 02:38 PM
Ummm... no.... are you new?
Posted by: trina at February 24, 2005 04:44 PM