George Clooney: I Am Not the Godfather

Did I say it was a love scene?? I said he was able to love her with such an intense love. The great warrier that he was. So it makes sense he was a mama’s boy. Kinda appeared to me that most of the men disrespected the women.I didn’t see it as a rape scene because I guess the Gods were speaking to her as well, maybe she wasn’t meant to be a nun. I didn’t see her fighting him off. She welcomed his embrace, and in knowing what she was,(a virgin) it was more the reason for him to love her so. She dedictaed herself to the Gods, but, appeared to me, she gladly gave herself to this great warrier. What man wouldn’t consider that a challenge? LOL

Seriously though. Please don’t patronize me with comments like I was surprised Helen returned to Menelaos because of his looks. I am not so shallow rien. Honestly, I thought it was shameful in the manner that she ran off with Paris. The reason I said I can’t imagine her returning to Menelaos because I would of thought he would kill her after embarrassing him in such a manner. I felt the way they presented Menelaos was accurate in the movie.

It is too bad they based the movie on Homers version if they were that far off. I really enjoyed the movie with the manner that they presented it. Like I said, I think it showed the depth of the era they were in.

For me, I don’t have the time to sit down and read a book, unless I am on vacation and relaxing by a pool. As far as Troy goes, the movie did a great job of expressing the passion of what they fought for. To me, it was a success because usually movies about history bore me beyond belief. This one didn’t, I enjoyed the story and how they protrayed all the characters. I felt I walked away with a better understanding of the Trojan War and a “feel” for the era they were in. That is always impressive, when I can walk away with a feeling from a movie.That is what makes it truly entertaining to me.

I must admit, as much as I adore Brad as an actor,TAOJJ put me to sleep. It is not a storyline that holds my attention. But, the men in my house loved it. They felt Brad did an amazing job portraying Jesse James. Just goes to show, movies and entertainment are geered for a certain viewer. We can’t click with all of them. All I saw in TAOJJ was a man who was experencing magic in his private life. He never fell into character for me. He did as Achilles.That would be the difference for me when be entertained by a movie. You said it yourself, it has to touch your soul. Troy did that for me.So in my opinion, he was a huge success.I believe they did take the risk to make it entertaining beyond what was written in the book. The only thing I would of changed was Achilles would of lived and they rode off into the sunset together, but, that probably really would of upset you in comparing it to the book. lol

“I want to find goodness in Evil Character and evilness in Good Character”

Ummm, lets not forget Tyler Durden. Louis in IWTV. I don’t rien, I think Brad has explored evil character and goodness nicely through the course of his career with many of his character choices.

Maybe Brad just wasn’t meant to move your soul like he has mine through his craft.

Nah rien, sounds like you have plenty of actors who entertain you. Brad just isn’t one of them. That is the beauty of the art of entertaiment, we all have our own point of view.

It was so funny after our conversation here, my son randomly started talking about wanting to see the Hulk movie. When I informed him Ed Norton was playing the Hulk, he seemed impressed that I knew ithat tidbit. So, thanks for making me cool to my kid.

Nice talking to you!!