Troy Achilles with Myrmidons at beach

Myrmidons at Troy beach

[@axelgomez3082]

if there achivement was to make the best troy movie they achived it

[@MarvelDcImage]

There is some speculation as to why Achilles' soldiers were called Myrmidons "ant-people" but it probably originates from the fact that the Myrmidons were professional soldiers that fought in disciplined formations and that reminded the Greeks of how ants walk in line and carry out orders without question. The Myrmidons probably stood out because everyone else at that time fought individual melees in one on one battles.

[@UKHairyPotter]

Such a great scene!

[@pat5168]

0:13 A challenge to anyone willing: Take a shot every time you hear that "A key! A key sir!" sounding background voice in this movie.

[@Yiannis2112]

@deltaforce226 Myrmidons were from the plains of Thessaly, central Greece. In the Homeric poems they were considered as the elite forces of the campaign. They were also known as great horse breeders, a profession that generally the Thessalonians continued to the later years of classical Greece

[@Hamutarou2000]

COOL! Phalanx looks like Dragon Scale

[@Le1Arquero]

@outlaw8oh8 True that but do you have any idea how fast those arrows are flying? =P By the looks of it they seem fly pretty fast.

[@SuperDarkorbit100]

DONT YOU JUST LOVE THE PART WHEN HE THROWS HIS SHIEILD ON HIS BACK...FUCKING AWESOME

[@passionwriter12]

thats a good scene in troy, i especially like it when he whoops to guy's asses on the stairs, he slices on guy accros the chest and then he leaves his blade embedded in someone's head :p

[@Lhein33]

@alexthehistorian I don't know about navy seals etc, but I thought that the producers dressed them in black to make them look more impressive and warlike (in comparison to the brown/poorly dressed Greeks and the rich/elaborate armours of the Trojans) and like a tight-knit war team. Note that they are an elite mercenary unit in the film. I don't remember Homer telling something about the color of their armours/shields. Can you give me the quote (rhapsody, verses).

[@xHASSUNAx]

True in the fact that he can beat a samurai. But you're kinda wrong in the sense that A) this is a movie lmao... and B) Being immortal means you can't die, but you can still become wounded. The story goes that Achilles' mother, Thetis, was dipping him in the River Styx. Her husband saw what was happening and stopped her right when she had Achilles at the heels, thinking that she was attempting to drown their son. Anyways, the river had made him immortal, but only from the heel up.

[@cachorastaman]

@jefflegos ok dude no hating or anything but just wanna correct a few things ok :), cannons werent invented yet thats true, a cannonball would not kill anyone if aimed at him( thats also very likely) but there was a thing called grape shot which was developed as an anti-infantry ammunition they didnt just have the ONE type of shot, there were always different calibers of cannon balls anywhere from pellet size to the Turks huge 20 inch ball :O, and gunpowder wasn't invented it was discovered :D

[@tkotomy]

@archscarlettie lol... he's clearly rotating it because when you hold it up to block something you hold it from the back in a certain way, when he runs with it he holds it in another different way.

[@makispatra2009]

Trojans were Greeks also just like Athenians, Spartans and others. This was a civil war. Buy or download the Iliad and read the original mythos.The producers of this movie just took the names of the heroes from iliad and made a story that will fit in their 2 hour(i think) movie.

[@ToughGermanWoman]

This isn't the director's cut, isn't it? Some short scenes are missing.

[@AgentFalcon13]

@Centration it was not invented by the romans, but romans used to use it very much

[@DarthBlak2291]

finnaly one video that actually has the sound

[@archscarlettie]

@Vornsereg If the shield was hit by a projectile (arrow, spear) then perhaps he rotates to disperse the energy, but it could also be he now has an arrow embedded in it and the extra weight on top will throw his balance off, so he rotates the arrow to weigh towards the bottom

[@MMGuarino87]

Lightweight pro, steady hand pro, and marathon pro for sure.

[@necessaryevil101]

@Nefus1988, in case u got the ancient eye, look up the roman invasions if britain back in the day. another ancient d day scenario, amazing stuff

[@MarvelDcImage]

You know, that might be right. But if they are all "uniform" in appearance then that shows a sort of professional soldiery (uniforms all the same, fight in unison, etc like ants) when combat at that era was one on one heroic combat?

[@zer0knight]

@kaptinfancy achilles....no question about it...he bathed in the river styx and was damn near invincible except for his heel....aragorn was a pancy

[@megalordification]

@joet66 No. They're Myrmidons. They eat kittens and small children and are the best warriors in ancient Greece. They have MINIMUM 400 Stamina points, whereas average Trojan warrior is at about 150.

[@pat5168]

@xHASSUNAx That isn't necessarily true, in this movie he is wounded above the heel and even in the original Iliad he is wounded several times. However, Achilles would still beat a samurai.

[@JuliusLayDying]

@ConsvrgoTitanvRomani Is there a doco or anything?

[@wisewarriormuzic]

@xHASSUNAx Not all samurai were created equal genius.When it comes to a battle it depends on the skill and experience of the warrior and just who's sharper on that particular day.And Achilles was just a man in this movie.There were no gods or supernatural power.How did you not know that?

[@Fordragon]

@MultiAREE Actually, yes. Conventional warfare (including in WW2) had killed countless times over the amount of humans as compared to any sort of nuclear, biological, or chemical strike. Almost all historians and other analysts agree that if the atomic bombs hadn't been dropped on Japan, the continuing war would have killed multiple times the amount of humans, including innocent civilians. So yes, conventional warfare (guns, tanks, artillery) kills far more people than any ICBMs.

[@emperor68188]

@GeneralGonzo15 America is just that ubiquitous. Would you rather be Laos, which no one talks about?

[@AutumnS.]

So did they fight like romans?

[@scruffums123]

1:18 what a scream.

[@koo11414]

Whoa lol awesome but WTF show the whole fight man!

[@AlecBrady]

Homer doesn't call the besiegers "Greeks" he calls them "Achaioi", "Danaioi" and "Argaioi". "Greek" was a Roman word. The Hellenes didn't (at least before 700BC) see themselves as a single people. On the other side, the Trojans probably spoke, not Greek, but a variety of Luwian, an Indo-European tongue related to Hittite. So, on balance, probably best not to *assume* anything.

[@cowboyfromkettins]

@recoveryprankcalls The romans did control what you say, but the mongols controlled far more, see below. At the height of its power in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, the Roman Empire consisted of some 2.2 million square miles (5.7 million sq. km) the mongol empire was the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. At its greatest extent it stretched from the Danube to the Sea of Japan and from the Arctic to Cambodia, covering over 33,000,000 km2

[@MrTheBestVideoMaker]

Is... this a movie...? I don't get it. lol.

[@awesomepoop321]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ._. are you saying Troy was originally an Athenian colony? remember, this is like, 1000+ bc ._______________.

[@kypriostriadaserres]

FREEDOM,GLORY,GODS AND HEROES=HELLAS

[@realmadridx212]

this scene reminds me of saving private ryan omaha beach but instead is with swords,arrows,shields and spears

[@meisterlukey]

Achilles vs any Spartan. Interesting to say the least.

[@kaindrg]

really i though the directors said they filmed alot of it in morocco since holloywood has set of filming areas there for decades.

[@TropicLightning808]

well there are a few schools of thought. Most believe that the site of Troy has been found, in Turkey I believe. Then again there is an interesting book called Where Troy Once Stood, with a totally new theory about the Trojan war.

[@D0nRidah]

The music is so epic it drives me into beast mode

[@GremWeld]

1:27 Epic headshot

[@cachorastaman]

why can't they make movies like this anymore, screw special effects, its all about the number of extras you use to make it seem more realistic and hence it ends up being better, not some crappy computer generated bunch of soldiers, which in the end cost more than hiring and giving costumes to the extras u_u

[@mnbvcxy01]

whats the name of the song which starts at the end (1:31) ? thx :)

[@kaptinfancy]

who would win. aragorn vs achilles

[@makispatra2009]

athens was a greek city-state. sparta was a greek city-state. troy was a greek city-state. korinth was a greek city-state and the list goes on (even in the movie you can see tha trojans believed in apollo).

[@Machdude]

Cannonballs don't explode, they were round shots. What, did you think those cannons fired shells or something? Far too early to even be considered. Cannonballs CAN kill people but they are not accurate enough to hit them reliably (even guns were not particularly accurate so a cannon is definitely not accurate). To kill people, they loaded different stuff, maybe nails or worse, CHAINS. The explosive power from the cannons were MORE than enough to kill a man.

[@FMONK13]

@Dgamer21 more like 5 arrows to the chest and then one to the heal.

[@dnon75]

Boat driver: "30 minutessssss!"

[@animatorFan74]

What's the point of the armor in movies if the arrows are just gonna go RIGHT through and kill you with a single shot....? Is it because that armor is only good against swords...? (But I thought that it was Chain Mail that was good against swords....?) If someone has a "reasonable" explanation, I'm all ears.... :P

[@Uberboy07]

1:27 FLAWLESS VICTORY! xD

[@lordspamify]

i don't get it. why does no one aim at the hero?

[@horrorfromgreece]

Myrmidons(the army of achilles) was the special forces of the battle at troy :)

[@justine123ist]

what was that battle formation at 1:04

[@DarkJenko]

myrmidons were not humans, but still good to watch

[@godgrant123]

Troy is a film that although he has like 50 to start off with, at end of film he has like 50 still.. Lots die but come back alive

[@usul573]

Has to be the last place to look for historical accuracy, but I doubt the Romans invented that move.

[@masterjamie9]

Thats not hes helmet, thats a wig, the makers did not cut it out xD (seriously its a wig, you can see it on wikipedia)

[@Evan7893]

if you go to gold beach there is a bar and behind it theres a picture of them posing with brad pit in his armour

[@TheYu87]

@gunzt3rkenfu92 Yes! Haha! I don't think it was June 6 though!

[@james501001]

Why not ? We arent sure who they were but there are plenty evidence that could have been of Greek origin.

[@xHASSUNAx]

@Bloody0Sword0SMI No challenge. Remember, Achilles is immortal from the heel up :D

[@andyteves8]

@ConsvrgoTitanvRomani Thanks man i love to know learn this stuff. I know movies cant accurately portray it well because they have to spice it up for the movies. But im sure it was a little diiferent then the movie.

[@GiveMeLiberty3]

Mobile armor firing projectiles. I guess the tank was older than I thought.

[@csbob2010]

@Vladwell That's right, at least Americans don't need bailouts from other countries...well, at least not for a while.

[@snoopyofdoomxx]

@outlaw8oh8 Well, you can't really block every arrow especially when you're about to jump off a big ass ship lol.

[@Nefus1988]

@CoreyStudios2000 It´s exactly what I thought when I saw this this scene for the first time!

[@JuliusLayDying]

@ConsvrgoTitanvRomani As ur a history fan, u will also know they have never found the city of troy or any physical evidence it happend apart from written accounts, So lets hope one day, they will find the city of Troy.

[@Ic3MaCc]

Agreed spear+face=awesome action lol

[@Nefus1988]

This is ancient D-Day!

[@TheBasjenator]

I'm getting the idea that the archers must have the same tailor as the Imperial stormtroopers.

[@natanfk2]

What's the fool doing? He's going to take the beach of Troy with 50 men?!

[@Evan7893]

i was on this beach - its actually in malta =)

[@tiger93333]

If there were counter strike soundtracks this what you would hear for Achiles -First blood -Double Kill -Triple Kill -Multi kill -Killing Spree -Mega Kill -Head Shot -Unstoppable -Godlike -Holy Shittttttttt SHit Shit Shit -Somebody Stop him

[@VaCetnik47]

This scene remind me to another scene. WW2 DAY-"Day D"

[@LookMeThIs]

at 0:44 the arrow stiked his helmet??

[@Morgot92]

@mnbvcxy01 it's a part from Achilles Leads The Myrmidons

[@king1Malik]

Archer screamed like a bitch at 1:18!! LMFAO!!!

[@Proteinmayhem]

that's some elite force...at least a dozen was killed just upon landing...

[@Machdude]

You might have wanted to word it differently instead of mouthing off that I am "being wrong". Your syntax has room for error and of course people would read it as "can't actually kill people". Maybe you should WRITE BETTER. And as it is, Cannons actually can be used as an anti-personel weapon. You just need different ammunition. The example that i used which is chains is an actual practice that was used instead of cannonballs.

[@RomanLegioXx]

50.000 greeks went there... but only one was capable of winning that war.

[@jefflegos]

@cachorastaman I never said that you said that I'm stupid.. If that makes sense. Well weather the grapeshot was invented or not its not going to kill everyone on the boat so why even post it?? What ever, you sir are a positive influence on the community.

[@TheYu87]

@RomanLegioXx Yeaah! If you mean Odysseas then yes! He had the plan! Achilles had already died before that!

[@ImperialGuard9001]

Its actualy the porcupine formation not testudo and was created by greeks

[@jefflegos]

@cachorastaman I know what a grape shot is, There were cannon balls on chains to take out sails and what not. I'm not stupid. But why bring this up, Is pointless. The grapeshot would be useless with out a cannon or gunpowder. Why argue something that isn't possible for this time period? Not to mention grape shots are inaccurate and one might wound a few guys, But probably not kill them all. You're right about the Discovered not invented thing But you get the point. Your just arguing a Lost Cause

[@rolxlosdx7152]

@deltaforce226 lol achilles isnt a spartan. hes just greek - _ -

[@xHASSUNAx]

@wisewarriormuzic I was obviously talking about the mythological character genius! lmao that whole explanation right there didnt click anything in your brain huh? Obviously if i said who would win in a fight, Zeus or Minamoto no Yoshitsune, you don't need a genius to tell you its Zeus. Its the same thing, in the myth Achilles was an immortal who's unbelievably strong because his mother was a nymph/goddess. What is a mortal samurai when compared to Achilles?

[@shadowofthenighthawk]

god best scene

[@starwarsdudet48]

i almost forgot what shields and waiting was for..

[@SenseiDonGraham]

Wow way to cut it short.

[@dtothelu]

Not sure if it's the Wilhelm scream at 1:18

[@TuringOracle]

I'm not sure of the exact ethnicity of the ancient Trojans, but they certainly were not Greek.

[@MrLePov]

1:26 BOOM! HEADSHOT!

[@umbrasyl]

WHATS THE MUSIC? =.=

[@MrRatchet08]

If you got the movie CD check the "Behind the scenes" and we can talk please

[@Evan7893]

ya but thats not where the movie was filmed, you honestly think they would fuck up the trojan excavation site just to film a movie?

[@Combatarms423]

how terribly unaccurate this movie is, The acting is still incredible..

[@Infesturmind]

@Vladwell I'm American...and I agree

[@Sagemaster00]

What do you mean? Their both Greek

[@TuringOracle]

they removed all supernatural elements in the movie... I guess it's better than doing the Olympian gods badly, but I'd rather that they'd included them and done it well.