How off was the movie from the actual book? name some examples
2007-08-10 09:15:32 · 4 answers · asked by Benito S 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The main omission in this movie is that in the Iliad the gods are terribly interested in this war, especially Athena, Aphrodite and Hera. Paris had chosen Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess by giving her the golden apple with the inscription to the fairest (the apple of discord, since the goddess Eris (discord) not having been invited to a banquet given by Zeus to the other gods, brought that apple and Hera, Athena and Aphrodite want it, Zeus let Paris decide). At any rate, in the movie, we do not see how the gods interfere in the war, the arguments that they had among themselves and all the actions on the battlefield are really directed by the gods. It was Hera that told Paris that they only vulnerable point in Aquilles body was his heel and the god Apollo guided Paris' arrow to that point to kill Aquilles. So that is how the movie is different, in the movie, the gods are missing, in the poem, the gods are often times directing the action of what is happening.
2007-08-10 11:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by William Q 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, they didnt show how the journey back was made although that would have taken quite a long time.
The movie portrayed the people of Troy as innocent souls while the Greeks were evil, war mongering monsters which was exactly the opposite. Keep in mind that Troy stole a princess of Greece which is basically kidnapping. The book was more neutral although it did glorify the torching of Troy a bit.
The book talked a lot about the Greek Gods and what they were doing about the war while the movie doesnt show them at all.
I know reading the book is long and painstaking but it was interesting if you can bear through the first few chapters. Hope this helped.
2007-08-10 22:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by Taker 07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was off, but not all that bad, actually. The Iliad of course covered far more, doesn't cover what Helen was thinking or planning, not at all, so that was definitely a fictional addition from Hollywood.
2007-08-10 16:31:29 · answer #3 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)#Deviations_from_the_Iliad
is a good place to start. The major difference is that the film takes place over a much shorter time span. The movie also has no role for the Gods.
2007-08-10 18:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by Tim W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋