erroneous depiction
...ith the famous quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles taking place on day one. Hektor kills Menelaos and Ajax on day two of the war, whereas in the Iliad, Menelaos survived the war and returned to live happily in Sparta with Helen. On the night of day two, the Trojans unleash their secret weapon: Great Balls of Fire! On the third day, after slaying Patroklos, the young protege of Achilles, Hektor suggests to cease attacking for the sake of mourning the poor man. By the end of day four, Achilles kills Hektor. Where Homer took more than nine years, the film gets it all done in just four days. Homer's original version has no central character, but alternates between many major players on both the Greek and Trojan sides. Ultimately, the Iliad is not just about Achilles while the film, Troy is. Achilles was a great warrior on the Greek side whose ego caused many problems within his own Greek camp. In the film version of Troy, Achilles is played by Brad Pitt, whom he accurately portrays as a great warrior, but that is where the similarities between Homer and Hollywood ends. In Troy, Achilles' actions are romantically motivated, which is never mentioned in Homer's Iliad. In the epics, Achilles is dead and gone by the time the wooden horse is built, but in the film, he is still alive with motives for attacking Troy entirely charged by his undying love for Briseis, a priestess of Apollo (although in Homer's Iliad, she was considered a slave). Troy is a powerful movie, despite the inaccuracy of its depictness. With its star power (Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom), it can attract mass audience to watch it. This can be positive in that v...