yup, i'm a dork

[athene]

ok, so I own a copy of Troy...hey, it came with Last Samuri so i couldn't pass it up. However, I have been too embarrased to watch said movie. So, when Aerith and the Frenchman put the movie on (to watch the fight scenes), I tried to stay in the kitchen to make dinner.

Of course, the draw of the movie pulled me out of the kitchen. I then proceeded to run upstairs, grab some of my greek art and myth books and the iliad in both greek and english and bring the downstairs. I then started going through the books looking for examples of things like the types of shields and statues and stuff in the movie (of which I was able to find). Of course I had to go on about how they got the fight in Book 3 wrong and then start reading from the myth book and then pour over the Iliad to see if it said anything about how the Trojans burnt the Greek ships.

Of course by this time dinner was ready and they had watched most of the pretty fight scenes.

Comments

[rhiannondance.livejournal.com]

Wow...
*is impressed*
You're a dork

[mortisnightmare.livejournal.com]

2 things: 1. They did burn the ships, some of them anyway. 2. The movie isn't supposed to be accurate, it's entertainment.

Why not just watch it? Don't watch it as a Classics geek, watch it as a movie and I think you might like it. If you watch it for accuracy, you will find yourself tearing your hair out.

[omnia-mutantur.livejournal.com]

i did lend you the fagles, right?

[athene.livejournal.com]

yup. that's the copy i was looking through.

[darktouch.livejournal.com]

I think at a certain point it stops being 'dork' and moves on to 'illness'.

[wildepenguins.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to let you know I added you as a friend--I used to read your posts on the Jolt and just found your LJ! :) I was a year behind you at Smith, but I don't think we knew each other when we were there. I hope this is okay, and congratulations on the wedding!!