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@wendellwiggins37763 ай бұрын
You two are hilarious & insightful. Much of the dialogue was taken directly from the the actual story by Homer who wrote The Iliad. A Trojan Horse came to be a term for an object of deception and your Achilles' Heel is known as our weak spot. The depiction of him removing the arrows except in the heel secured the myth of his death. BTW I've used this line on potential lovers "You will never be lovelier as your now and we will never be here again", and it works! LOL!
@theshade61763 ай бұрын
The coins over the eyes thing is a part of Greek mythology. When you die, you get sent to the Underworld, but you have to cross the River Styx to get there. In order to cross it you have to pay the ferryman, Charon, two gold coins so that he will take you there.
@phantom2133 ай бұрын
Yeah, I thought it was in the school program.
@LetsGetitBoah3 ай бұрын
That's shitty, even in death, you still have to pay for transportation.
@enriquenavarro84733 ай бұрын
As someone who took a Greek mythology elective as an undergrad. I am definitely qualified to say, this is true 👍
@jakerobinson59783 ай бұрын
"See? Billy Idol gets it, I don't see why she doesn't get it."
@tiffanyl98273 ай бұрын
Does poeple learn nothing now a day. i mean I know education in america is .... when i come to anything outside America, still.
@angelagraves8653 ай бұрын
Achilles storming the beach is one of the greatest things ever. And when he throws that shield over his back a split second before the spear hits...👌🏽 {{chef's kiss}}
@k9commander3 ай бұрын
I've seen this movie many times. I honestly didn't notice the arrow hitting the shield until this reaction.
@SamoanBrasileiro3 ай бұрын
I wished Achilles caught the spear and sliced hector face. That would've been nuts.
@songrunner30273 ай бұрын
For the longest time, I thought that was the case - the arrow hitting the shield right as he slings it over his back. BUT ... that's not the truth. In reality, the arrow was already stuck there from earlier in the battle, it just so happens when he slings it over his back to get it out of the way (so he can dual wield two swords), an arrow from earlier in the battle was already stuck in there and that's just an optical illusion. Makes you think he had eyes in the back of his head, but I don't think that was the intention of that scene.
@blueeyed50742 ай бұрын
"arrow"*
@RaylandTiburcio3 ай бұрын
one of the few movies that Sean Bean didn't die.
@quintonposs32863 ай бұрын
Pixels is another one.
@MarioBario3 ай бұрын
Silent hill is another one sean bean doesn't die
@AkodoNoEyes3 ай бұрын
Oh my god. It is. Hahah
@orinkinser43963 ай бұрын
National treasure is another though he does goto jail
@LBVFISH2 ай бұрын
The Martian
@SinSinny3 ай бұрын
Achilles had me and my siblings calling everyone a “sack of wine” 20yrs later at 24yrs old I still do it 😂😂😂
@AkodoNoEyes3 ай бұрын
Same!!!! Nice to meet a fellow sack of wine.
@squatchnasty2343 ай бұрын
35yrs old and I still say "sack of wine"
@RogueHippie133 ай бұрын
2 myth things: 1. Sean Bean’s character is Odysseus, whose journey home from the Trojan War is called The Odyssey. 2. The guy Paris gave the sword to is Aeneas, who the Aeneid is about. He supposedly lead the fleeing Trojans to Italy, and was the ancestor of the founders of Rome.
@AkodoNoEyes3 ай бұрын
A fellow ancient history nerd it seems. A pleasure to meet you.
@gradymoore6963 ай бұрын
I wish they would have had Helen hate Paris and try to go back to Menelaus like in the real story. Still a great movie, I just wish they didn't rush the whole war haha.
@kimberlyjeanne94563 ай бұрын
If they made this today it would be a trilogy lol
@domingocurbelomorales86353 ай бұрын
Odysseus well known as Ulises.
@dgrmn123453 ай бұрын
@@kimberlyjeanne9456if they did this today, I wish they’d make them use bronze age armor and chariot warfare cuz that would make for a sight thats unseen in movies
@EleventhCubFan3 ай бұрын
Me pressing play: "There better be a fucking big wooden horse in this" Me 150 minutes later: "Hell yeah"
@hrishikeshXXV3 ай бұрын
talk about narrow minded lmfao
@spencerrelihan66183 ай бұрын
@@hrishikeshXXVare you familiar with the concept of a joke?😂
@vincelorino43943 ай бұрын
me pressing play ; " i hope they shoot him in the ankle and he goes out looking like a punk" me at the end of the movie ; "nice." lol
@thedarkemissary3 ай бұрын
Tara (in response): "Why would there be a big wooden horse?"
@NickelAntonius3 ай бұрын
"This is like Game of Thrones" "I need to check out whatever David Benioff wrote besides this" LOL
@Tmat163 ай бұрын
Imagine referencing the White Walkers and 15 min later not knowing who Benioff is.
@therealCrispyKid3 ай бұрын
Don’t bother, his other writing credit include X-men origins Wolverine. The one where they sued Deadpool’s mouth shut
@barbadosslim3 ай бұрын
@@therealCrispyKid "Sewed". Benioff's original script was rewritten by Skip Woods. I highly recommend checking out '25th Hour' and then come back here with an original take.
@tomaskennedy3 ай бұрын
27:58 "War is young men dying and old men talking…." Still true today…
@rpgacha2 ай бұрын
Indeed!
@jaytrace10063 ай бұрын
Fun fact. Brad Pitt, playing Achilles, the guy who’s only weakness was his Achilles tendon, suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon playing the role.
@alexconn74733 ай бұрын
That is what we call irony
@PrideSP3 ай бұрын
Achilles heel
@RealTurbidHere3 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: That didn't happen. That was a myth that was busted.
@PantsofVance2 ай бұрын
Also fun fact, this version of Achilles is nothing more than an amazing fighter and has no godly protection. The movie alludes to the gods not existing several times and Achilles himself says he wouldn't need a shield if he couldn't be harmed. Paris kills him with arrows but he removes all but the one that went through his heel, his soldiers found him that way, and thus the legend was born
@richardmcphee93532 ай бұрын
he also said that he had seen the gods
@karamarcas94823 ай бұрын
i didnt know I needed a "Troy is not a person" Tshirt with Tara's face on it
@nikeelyza63813 ай бұрын
Yeah, clearly she doesn't pay attention
@bigsarge87953 ай бұрын
"Helen of Troy"... the face that launched a thousand ships
@alifc10823 ай бұрын
No really, the king's ships were there to conquere Troy, not foe Helena
@moe-araujo3 ай бұрын
@@alifc1082 nevertheless, she was the excuse
@XenFayed3 ай бұрын
Don't you mean Helena Troy? 😂
@chrisretzlaff28953 ай бұрын
Helena is Bradley Troy's sister?
@jamedraa84723 ай бұрын
I'm so surprised they didn't read any of this in English class... maybe they forgot.
@seniorordenanza23873 ай бұрын
And all this happened because 3 goddesses were in an argument over who was the most beautiful, and asked a naive mortal to choose between them lol if anyone’s read the Iliad you know what I mean
@BloodDjimon6143 ай бұрын
I really wish they would do a streaming series that covers the whole epic poem (both), from the beginning of the Iliad to the end of The Odyssey.
@seniorordenanza23873 ай бұрын
@@BloodDjimon614 that would be cool
@cailanmurray44303 ай бұрын
I remember having a history project on this movie in high school n one of the questions was comparing it to the Iliad but since I knew to much of this teacher asked me about something I’m like ya Ajax’s the greater wasn’t killed by hector matter fact he lived longer n committed suicide because Athena cursed him because she favoured Odysseus n Odysseus won the rights to Achilles Armor so he went insane.
@Welsh_Dragon7563 ай бұрын
@cailanmurray4430 yeah and Agamemnon wasn't killed by Brisies. He was killed by his own wife when he arrived home, because he'd sacrificed his Daughter to the gods for good weather for journey to Troy. I know its a lot more complicated than that, and really he wasn't a villian like this movie makes out.
@thomasvrielink2993 ай бұрын
@@Welsh_Dragon756 "he sacrificed his daughter, but really he wasn't a villain" - while I know what you mean, putting it like that gave me a good chuckle
@zachariahsalinas70713 ай бұрын
In the epic, The Aenead, Aeneas, the man who left with the Sword of Troy, would lead the surviving Trojans and go on to found the Roman Empire.
@ducksauce91873 ай бұрын
I mean they founded the beginning of Rome is the idea yeah. Roman Empire wasnt established until centuries later
@CrazyNikel3 ай бұрын
Like the guy above me said not the Roman empire but the Roman city itself! Which I think is cooler. 😊
@redcomet00793 ай бұрын
Romulus and his twin brother created Rome
@mr.k16113 ай бұрын
That is correct. Rome was not found until centuries later? Lol, how quick does one think a "civilisation" takes to form...5 days? Come on now. Myths are born from facts. I believe it.
@mr.k16113 ай бұрын
@ducksauce9187 Mate. The ROMANS themselves say they descended from the Trojans of the war. Who are you to dictate what is and what is not?
@richardhansen37033 ай бұрын
The legend of Achilles goes like this. His mother dipped him in the river by holding on to his ankle so that where all the water touched him, he would never be harmed by a weapon. Because she was holding him by the Achilles tendon, that part of him didn't get wet, and that part became his weakness. When the arrow pierced his Achilles tendon, it broke the blessing on Achilles.
@jasondim23163 ай бұрын
All of the above are correct except that the arrow that Paris shot was poisoned what's what killed him and it was also said that it was guided by Apollo. Paris also got shot by Philoctetes with the arrows that were given to him by Herakles and were poisoned by hydra's blood
@QuayNemSorr3 ай бұрын
@@jasondim2316 And the war actually lasts for 10 years and not just a long weekend.
@SE-gs6gd3 ай бұрын
Dipped him the river styx
@shadowdivided3 ай бұрын
@@QuayNemSorr lol I'm envisioning the long weekend side. 1st greek:Hey we've got a 3 day coming up for Zeus's birthday what say we go to Troy and wreck some shyt, we can be back at the office by monday. 2nd greek:Well I was going fishing but what the hades.
@demontank763 ай бұрын
The guy Orlando Bloom gave his sword to at the end of the movie was Aeneas. In mythology he was the son of the Goddess Aphrodite & is a prince of Troy. He is said to have led the Trojans out of the burning city & eventually stopped what is now Italy to establish the Roman people
@acdragonriderАй бұрын
I feel like every kid I grew up with in the early 2000s knew the story..
@nebidiaswift52003 ай бұрын
“To hear that from your father right before you know you’re going to die is a great gift” absolute facts! Great reaction!
@davidkeese33723 ай бұрын
You know I just gotta bite my tongue. The absolute unknowing of the tales created by Homer just blows by mind
@davidjin48133 ай бұрын
They're just yelling at whats happening right in front of them...I am so disappointed at this reaction
@Camilo-qw5be2 ай бұрын
Is a shame blame someone just because didn't know something. Clearly and many times they said especially the miss, that they didn't know any about it, I did read the full book from Homer when was kid, also hundreds books more, Im Shure I know about the history a lot more than many people, and not just Greek History or mitology, also Roman, Chinese, pre Hispanics, and the history of so many countries, is ridiculous got mad just because other person ignore this, if you know something is because you interested on that, or just to show how smart you think you are?
@JeM1301773 ай бұрын
Ironically a movie where Sean Bean not only doesn’t die but is one of the very few characters that dont 😂
@haunted_autumn3 ай бұрын
43:37 - The coins over the eyes are to pay Charon, the ferryman, who ushers the souls of the dead across the river Styx into the afterlife.
@jasonlucejr69973 ай бұрын
The scene with the king and Achilles in the tent is my favorite. Anytime I think of this movie that scene instantly comes to mind.
@icespike90763 ай бұрын
54:40 As it happens, that is how it happens in the Illiad, which is the original Greek myth that this movie is based off of! Achilles had that one vulnerable spot in his heal, and during a fight during which the Greeks forced their way past the gates of Troy, and Paris was fighting alongside the archers on the walls, firing down at the Greeks. He saw Achilles, fired, and Apollo guided his aim so that the arrow pierced Achilles' heel, causing him to bleed out and die.
@Gorlak533 ай бұрын
Achilles doesn't die in the Illiad, his death is just certain after he goes to Troy and kills Hector(gods straight up tell him).
@dustinevans2563 ай бұрын
David Benioff was one of the creators of the Show Game of Thrones and he wrote the scripts with D.B. Weiss
@Brianml773 ай бұрын
Tara watching Lincoln: “Ooh, the President and the First Lady are seeing a play! I hope they enjoy it!”
@theviciouschickenofbristol47793 ай бұрын
The, "everything is more beautiful because we're doomed" dialog, actually permanently affected my perspective when I saw this year's ago.
@ESCandeeN3 ай бұрын
"David Benioff, bravo David! I don't know what other scripts you've written" He was co-writing Game of Thrones. LOL
@angelagraves8653 ай бұрын
(18:36) To paraphrase Terminator 2: Hector: We've got company. Andromache: Greeks? How many? Hector: All of 'em, I think.
@orinkinser43963 ай бұрын
Lol 😆 🤣 😂
@cyndigirl4183 ай бұрын
I can't believe you've never seen this epic movie! Even though Brad Pitt has said that it's not one of his best movies, I love it! It's my second favorite movie of his after Legends of the Fall, which is my favorite Brad Pitt movie!
@te10133 ай бұрын
Love Legends of the Fall. I watch it at least a couple times a year.
@cyndigirl4183 ай бұрын
@@te1013 Same here! It's superb!
@superpanda38573 ай бұрын
Of course they need to lie for the views with this two nobody and the first guy who appear that it look like he don't take a shower at all
@te10133 ай бұрын
@@superpanda3857 Dude what’s your obsession with Greg?? Not that I want to feed the troll here but you’ve commented so much about Greg, I want to know lol.
@hankson83 ай бұрын
Sorry Brad this was one of his greatest movies
@ThatShyGuyMatt3 ай бұрын
Even though the movie is not 100% accurate to what happened (for instance how long the war actually went on, 10 years), it's still an epic movie. Watched it so many times!
@cypfer88513 ай бұрын
I don't know why I was shocked that you guys didn't know about Troy. They were teaching that even in elementary school back in the day
@MrVisualHigh3 ай бұрын
You were shocked because you have to be living under a rock to be THIS ignorant of the story.
@nnm31013 ай бұрын
The big guy Hector fight is Ajax and played by Tylar Mane. He played Sabretooth in Xmen and Michael Myers in the Rob Zombie Halloween films
@b-lovedwatcher12383 ай бұрын
I really love this movie despite all of the inaccuracies. It’s one of my biggest inspirations for my love of history.
@JeshuaSquirrel3 ай бұрын
It's amusing how many complain about inaccuracies of an adaptation of a fantasy poem adaptation of real events. As far as I know, we have no historical evidence either way of the Trojan Horse beyond the opening parts of the Odyssey, but we have found the remains of Troy and its nine layers showing how many times the city was sacked. In short, you are complaining about discrepancies of a realistic depiction of a fantasy story including gods and demigods. O-kay.
@b-lovedwatcher12383 ай бұрын
@@JeshuaSquirrel why type a paragraph to discredit a comment stating how I found my passion for history?
@Just_Yaya3 ай бұрын
Troy has a special place in my heart. I named my daughter Briseis. Thought the name was so beautiful I told myself (at the time) whenever I have a daughter, her name will be Briseis❤
@ReelRejects3 ай бұрын
What's your FAVORITE Epic War / Ancient Mythology Movie??
@StardustandMadness3 ай бұрын
I love this one, but I also love a ‘good’ ridiculous Clash of the Titans (both versions please don’t come at me for my questionable taste 😂)
@sillygoose76463 ай бұрын
@@StardustandMadness Agreed! The original and the remake plus it’s sequel are tons of fun!
@angelojohnson88913 ай бұрын
Troy, Gladiator, 300 .. In that order
@Brendonallard3 ай бұрын
React to 300
@StardustandMadness3 ай бұрын
@@angelojohnson8891 ooh I forgot about 300! I’ve been to Sparta - it’s awesome! Their history is so fascinating
@ErikSlaby3 ай бұрын
The writer, David Benioff, was one of the co-creators and showrunners of Game of Thrones. So it makes even more sense that there were a few actors in this movie that were later in Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.
@spencerarnold6693 ай бұрын
I wasn't too sure how this reaction would play out at first but seeing you guys watch it through the lens of like a Marvel film without knowledge of the mythology or themes was really fun. Like, it almost felt like you bridged time back to 725bc where this was the Mavel of its day and your reactions would have been the reaction of some acient greek geek. I mean this story is so old that one of the movie's inaccuracies was the fact they placed coins on the eyes of the dead (which was a later custom)......... coins hadn't even been invented yet, this story that still works predates coins!!!! But if you like this stuff, you really should look into mythology more. Lucus is famous for studying the heroes journey as inspiration as well as many other story tellers.
@rockwellknuckles94253 ай бұрын
Ok Tara, so the to-do list is: -Do the Juice shirt -Ring the Bell shirt -Shejects shirt -Everything is More Beautiful Because We Are DOOMED shirt. Just a reminder. 🤓
@funfunfun36243 ай бұрын
This movie came out when CGI was just starting, so doing shots like with a thousand ships was something we never saw before. We didn't have CGI like we have today, so they were limited, but thats why the movie looks so good. They had just enough cg for wide angle boat shots, but not for much else.
@scaryfstball1003 ай бұрын
Nah, anyone who's attended school should know Troy was a City. (Present day Hissarlik, Turkey)
@carpediem97503 ай бұрын
Thats confirmes?
@marbella1353 ай бұрын
@@carpediem9750 they recently found ancient remains of a city in that area with some ancient greek war objects so it is likely Homer didn't invent this war for his epic but actually based the Iliad on a real situation.
@earendilthemariner55463 ай бұрын
9 of them. 9 cities named Troy built on the ruins of the previous cities
@Camilo-qw5be2 ай бұрын
Is nothing wrong with me at least that some people ignored some things, is like I laughed when I see in internet hay many Americans just can't localized his own country in a map, I could say, well I had this in geography in the elementary how is this possible? Or another for example, as a mexican always is important to me trying to learn another country lenguaje, I could say well why not to many Americans speak just one language? One of the first rules of knowledge is not feel superior just for know something that other person know. Is just absurd.
@Valkyraw14 күн бұрын
Trojans were Anatolians (my people) and the Greeks were invaders who stole our land and today they claim this said land for themselves.
@ACNelson-officialchannel3 ай бұрын
This movie is epic in how it brought the classic book to life! Brad Pitt was perfect as Achilles, and Eric Bana truly encapsulated Hector. Such great performances by everyone in this film. I would love to see you guys react to "The Legend of Awesomest Maximus" now. It's a parody of Troy, Gladiator, and 300, and it's hilarious! Awesome reaction! ❤❤
@karmehed3 ай бұрын
I have to say i am very surprised that none of them knew about Troy? Troyan horse? Homer and the Iliad? Odysseus? Do Americans not read anything about ancient greece and their mythology?
@MrPunkd1133 ай бұрын
@karmahed You forget, this is the most uneducated clueless generation of the past 100 years. But they love to talk and show everyone how little they know about...everything.
@c.b.barlow3 ай бұрын
The Trojan Horse...asking as an American...lol
@jxm82843 ай бұрын
Yea that was honestly pretty surprising.
@brittanybatiste73733 ай бұрын
We do. But I was in AP English, so who knows what they teach in normal classes. I remember my sister reading The Scarlett Latter, The Great Gatsby, To Kill A Mockingbird, etc.. So I think different levels of English learned different things. Can't learn everything. I just read my stuff and her stuff but I'm a reader 😂
@davidjin48133 ай бұрын
A lot of us do...this reaction was very low effort and that makes me sad
@Strider913 ай бұрын
Odyssius (Sean Beans character) was a cool character in Greek mythology and history. By all account he was an above average warrior. . .but where he really excelled (according to the greeks) was in his cunning and intellect. He was also quite the adventurer.
@nickinotbella923 ай бұрын
Since y'all are watching action movies from 2004, might I suggest King Arthur with Clive Owen???
@josephsoltero73262 ай бұрын
Yes! This is another fantastic movie! Great suggestion!
@khalidcabrero62043 ай бұрын
That "important guy for history" at the end is Aeneas, the founding father of the Romans. Acc. to legend, Aeneas led a group of Trojan refugees across the sea to Italy. The Trojan refugees settled in Italy, and intermarried with the local Latins, and became the future Romans, founded the city of Rome, etc. The Romans always believed themselves to be the descendants of the Trojans. When many centuries later the Romans conquered Greece, they talked about it as Trojan "payback" against the Greeks, for the fall of Troy centuries earlier.
@theartofintuition76823 ай бұрын
"Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts".....I loved this movie. I saw it multiple times in the theaters!!
@Brook112233 ай бұрын
Wolfgang Peterson was supposed to direct a Batman v. Superman film back in the day but then he directed Troy taking what he had planned for the DC film incorporating elements from the scrapped film to this greek tragedy. Brad Pitt hand-picked Eric Bana for Hector after seeing his performance in the film Chopper.
@Gorlak533 ай бұрын
A crime against art
@xl0813 ай бұрын
Not knowing Troy was a place is crazy 🤣🤣🤦♂️🤷♂️
@Emmanuel_Lacombe3 ай бұрын
Great reaction guys! You commented on the music a few times, James Horner gave us many great scores such as Titanic, bicentennial man, the amazing spiderman.
@AngiMP3 ай бұрын
Troy is such a classic. My friends and I are constantly quoting it. "Immortality, Take it! It's YOURS!" "You sack of wine!" and "The gods envy US." haha, iconic. Also: David Benioff's film and TV writing credits go crazy!
@reconsoldier1353 ай бұрын
Do they really not teach The Iliad in school anymore? I can’t believe neither of these two knew Troy was a place
@aaronleesgbclieutenant3 ай бұрын
The fact nobody knows Brendan Gleeson is a shame. Names all the actors besides him
@MarioBario3 ай бұрын
Right, are they... MAD
@aaronleesgbclieutenant3 ай бұрын
@@MarioBario so mad they could throw boulders but not hit anything
@cyleharruff64623 ай бұрын
I enjoy both Tara and Aaron a lot, and them together with this particular movie reaction was so absolutely enjoyable!!
@goat14083 ай бұрын
Brad was on his A game in this movie! Damn...20 years pass by quick.....
@Bhint3206103 ай бұрын
“Take it, It’s Yours” Brad delivers in this movie! Hard not to be an Achilles fan when watching this film.
@4523bgb3 ай бұрын
In mythology, Achilles drug Hector's body around the walls of Troy for like TWELVE DAMN DAYS.
@pablom-f87623 ай бұрын
He kidnapped 12 Troyan nobles to sacrifice at his cousin's funeral.
@alejandrovasquez-gagliardi94773 ай бұрын
Definitely should have watched the Directors Cut..... You would have liked it so much more.
@AkodoNoEyes3 ай бұрын
I agree. Can one find it online or is it physical media only.
@benmason97553 ай бұрын
Odysseus'' tactic of the Trojan Horse was the originator of the proverb "beware Greeks bearing gifts."
@cliffordgraham73072 ай бұрын
The whole deal of Achilles dragging Hector's body around the city 6 times in his rage after the Challenge and fight is known as "The Wrath Of Achilles"
@benmason97553 ай бұрын
Screenwriter David Benioff is today probably best known as one of the co-creators of the TV series adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones. Most recently he also co-created Netflix' version of 3 Body Problem.
@fabianalejandroromero90753 ай бұрын
I wouldn't be so quick to congratulate the screenplayers for the best dialogues and phrases in this movie. I'm honest with you, I never read "The Iliad" or "The Odessey" but it is possible that perhaps those dialogues that you liked so much come from those works of Homer. Because the Trojan War is narrated in those classic literary works as I understand it.
@ev1Lsect3 ай бұрын
I never understood why people dont know this story. I learned about Roman history and mythology in elementary school.
@iricrescent29013 ай бұрын
Right? They had a complexity to them that could be for adults but the themes and lessons were always so basic for kids to understand and adults to be reminded of. Idk, I come across a lot of parents who think some stories are “too much” for a little kid to understand.
@okyeawtf3 ай бұрын
Not all school districts are properly funded and managed.
@emeraldknight23423 ай бұрын
This isn't Roman. This is Greek (and ancient-ancient Greek at that). Big difference.
@M0M01173 ай бұрын
Same here, I learned this stuff when I was in elementary school and I’ve heard about so many times while growing up. It’s all most impressive they’ve never heard about this before.
@AlastorsShadowDemon3 ай бұрын
Let’s pretend that every school in America goes into full detail on certain historical topics. 🙄 They half-ass lessons most of the time. Just enough to fill the curriculum. And depending on the decade, they mostly cared about teaching just enough for the standardized testing. Plus, there were (probably still are) too many students per teacher for them to manage, not enough funding etc… The list goes on and on.
@M0M01173 ай бұрын
I mean you guys never heard of The Trojan Horse of Troy?
@vvreno3 ай бұрын
I miss these epic films. It was great in the theater. And I LOVED this reaction! Thanks guys! Those dislikes are a bunch of haters fr.
@MrTwessel303 ай бұрын
I didn't realize until you said it. David Benioff who wrote Troy. Is one of the showrunners on Game of Thrones
@Beliefish3 ай бұрын
huh, the lack of history from you two is amazing still a good reaction
@MrTwessel303 ай бұрын
Great movie. Trying to choose between Achillies and Hector is very difficult.
@CYB3R2K3 ай бұрын
I'm honestly surprised of how ignorant Americans are about The Iliad (And the Odyssey)... I'm from a poor Latin American country, only did middle school and i knew the basics of Homer's epic.
@en48332 ай бұрын
I'm American and basically everyone I know are at least somewhat knowledgable on the Iliad and Odyssey. I think it's just these two.
@CYB3R2K2 ай бұрын
@@en4833 where are they from?
@thevagrantgamingАй бұрын
my guy this is not an American thing. We learn about the Trojan War and Greek/Roman mythology in grade school. And we grow up with tons of shows and cartoons about it. How these two didn’t know? No clue.
@CYB3R2KАй бұрын
@@thevagrantgaming They're not the only reactors like this though...
@thevagrantgamingАй бұрын
@@CYB3R2K Okay. But they are still abnormally uninformed about the subject matter for an American. I mean one of the two most popular condom brand in the country is literally called “Trojan” and their logo is the Trojan horse lol
@brandonreeves64113 ай бұрын
It should be noted that in the Epic poem The Iliad, the war was 10 years long.
@IsraelShekelberg3 ай бұрын
Give Odysseus, the clever one, the 'credit' for the horse. The film shows him getting the idea watching the horse getting whittled; the part about his going to get Achilles is also from the myth.
@JeshuaSquirrel3 ай бұрын
According to the stories Aenaeus (the kid who got the Sword of Troy at the end) helped found Rome.
@JAWSof2393 ай бұрын
In the book, Apollo guided Paris' arrow, bringing that plot point full circle. Love this movie, though!
@t.dig.2040Ай бұрын
My favorite herb is named after Achilles. Yarrow is basically a bush first aid kit that clotts blood and works as an antiseptic.
@petercofrancesco98123 ай бұрын
The most shocking thing in this movie is Sean Bean lives, which seldom happens in any movie he is in. Nice reaction, you noticed and appreciated more than most reactors. It rewarding when a reactor truly gets into a movie.
@davidjr.tolson68313 ай бұрын
I hope you watched the Director's Cut. That's the true version, clocking in at 196 minutes.
@MrPunkd1133 ай бұрын
@davidjrtolson6832. No, youtube streamers dont care about directors cuts, any more than they care about movies. Its just background noise to them, they only care about the sound of their own voices.
@MarioBario3 ай бұрын
@@MrPunkd113 Who hurt you?
@reconsoldier1353 ай бұрын
In siege warfare the defending army can be far smaller than the attacking army and still win, that’s why the Trojans were so confident that they would win and it took trickery to ultimately defeat them
@MarelorMoon3 ай бұрын
I know the movie toned them down to Cousins (not brothers) but Patroclus actually was the lover of Achilles in greek mytology, by Homer's Version.
@Melomaniac19563 ай бұрын
1:07:10 It was at that moment that the story of Troy ended and the story of Rome began. Aeneas has a long and difficult journey ahead of him
@merchillio3 ай бұрын
Years ago I fell down a rabbit hole of weird un unusual units of measurement. It is said that Helen of Troy was so beautiful, the Spartan launched a fleet of a thousand ships to get her back. You can derive from it the micro-Helen, the amount of beauty necessary to launch one ship
@spencerarnold6693 ай бұрын
Great! Now I have to figure out how much of a Helen would launch a canoe, thanks a lot!
@GuilFernandes3 ай бұрын
I'M DYING HERE LMFAO
@tiffanyl98273 ай бұрын
I see sooo many of those poeple putting "First time" regarding so many "mainstream" movies that I really wondering what kind of public is this and how old they are. Cz it is impossible they haven't watch so many of those movies.
@zeroknight45173 ай бұрын
"There is just no way Troy stand a chance!" The Trojans actually holding the city for 10 years: "..." (in the original) :D
@mellowscorpio3 ай бұрын
Had this one on dvd as a kid, I loved Greek myths and this was a fantastic film with a great script, visuals (epic!) and fight scenes. Glad to see it still holds up
@eddysmokes73 ай бұрын
i remember but young watching this movie with my dad and cousin when we went on a fishing trip. after being on the boat all day and coming back to the beach house and watching this epic movie. great memory
@vincentnapoli44163 ай бұрын
fun fact, david benioff, who was a really young author (wrote 25th hour, adopted by spike lee.. i think, staring edward norton) wrote troy as his first script. a decade later he and his buddy were one of a dozen or so groups who pitched george RR martin on adapting game of thrones, and was chosen because him and DB weiss (an english college professor at the time) were the only ones he felt actually read and understood the novel. Was such a huge fan of his even from the beginning. Such a shame... his career is now like a greek tragedy of modern TV entertainment:P
@umainebearman3 ай бұрын
Well I guess if you liked this then your next one would be Kingdom of Heaven. THAT is a truly epic period piece.
@ArihasIbibАй бұрын
Key Differences in the Film "Troy" 1. Menelaus' Death: • Film: Killed by Hector during the duel with Paris. • Myth: Survives the Trojan War, returns to Sparta with Helen. 2. Agamemnon's Death: • Film: Killed by Briseis during the sack of Troy. • Myth: Survives the Trojan War, killed by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus upon his return to Mycenae.
@Akaeus2 ай бұрын
"He's his own ruler." Yea Achilles was a prince of the city of Phthia and leader of the Myrmidons.
@tomaskennedy3 ай бұрын
Patroclus wasn’t Achilles’ brother, he was his cousin (and, according to some sources, his lover!)
@johnnyavalos91093 ай бұрын
Incorrect and inaccurate. They're cousin, according to Hesiod.
@technofilejr34013 ай бұрын
12:52, In the classic text, Patroclus was Achilles lover not his cousin. But I'm good with it either way. We know Patroclus is someone Achilles cared about.
@phunkjnky3 ай бұрын
The big Greek with the warhammer is Ajax. Maybe the greatest Greek warrior not named Achilles, and the namesake of the soap and the Deadpool antagonist.
@MrEthan803 ай бұрын
A season one reaction to Spartacus:Blood and Sand after watching Troy would be EPIC!!It’s so good!
@brdsx50653 ай бұрын
That giant with the hammer is Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in the Rob Zombie series) he plays a really good Michael.
@billneville617122 күн бұрын
You really need to check out Das Boot directed by Wolfgang Peterson and winner of numerous Academy Awards. It's spectacular
@correypeta3 ай бұрын
What I love is that Achilles died in front of Apollo. Apollo had his revenge
@ddhika73322 ай бұрын
I love the way all the people of troy, even the king and the cousin, seems to know that Hector going to die.. Like no chance for him to defeat Achilles.. 😂
@jonathanheyerdahl36603 ай бұрын
Fun fact, in modern times, "a trojan horse" is the term used for an internet hack which appears as an app, but lets the hacker inside your systems. 🙂
@Camilo-qw5be2 ай бұрын
And no just to get in, also is literally the name of one kind of virus or program that's infected the computers, especially is because came inside of the main file you getting, like picture or video, is just a little secuence of command or orders that's repeat infinity times and that's create an absolutely break in the system
@drodge723 ай бұрын
Hector's death is heart breaking because he's an amazing character. But I get it
@TheWebcrafter22 күн бұрын
19:00 - "...SO MANY SHIPS." "OVER ONE GIRL?" - Helen Of Troy. 'The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships.'
@barbarino20003 ай бұрын
David Benioff was only one of the two show runners for “Game of Thrones”. Small project.
@Nicolai-ho5bc3 ай бұрын
19:03 no its not just for one Girl. This Girl was the Queen of Sparta. & Hector & Paris was there to cement an alliance between the great cities. They dined with etc. Its an incredible insult they have done to Menelaos & Sparta. Yes, menelaos is not great(offcouse) but its not a surprise why he reacts this Way. 19:46 come on.
@ev1Lsect3 ай бұрын
Achilles is known for much more than just the heel. That's a silly comment. Also, not a very tough guess to make.
@Camilo-qw5be2 ай бұрын
I just ridiculous to say that brother, some people know nothing about him, some people I'm Shure may know even his genealogy or him legacy, and is the same, we don't came to watch here a detailed history narration, but a reaction, please save your knowledge to another place or if you have something to enrichment people share it before criticized them.