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Troy - The Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391173779
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 200
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 17377
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Running Time: 196 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 14, 2004
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Editorial Review:
Warner Brothers Troy (Blu-ray) (Widescreen, Director's Cut)
Brad Pitt picks up a sword and brings a muscular, brooding presence to the role of Greek warrior Achilles in this spectacular retelling of The Iliad. Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger play the legendary lovers who plunge the world into war, Eric Bana portrays the prince who dares to confront Achilles, and Peter O'Toole rules Troy as King Priam. DirectorWolfgang Petersen recreates a long-ago world of bireme warships, clashing armies, the massive fortress city and the towering Trojan Horse.
No doubt about it, the 196-minute unrated director's cut of Troy represents a significant improvement over the film's original 162-minute theatrical release--and not just because it has more sex and violence. As director Wolfgang Petersen notes in his new "Troy Revisited" video introduction to this 2-disc special edition, he didn't have the time or directorial discretion (prior to Troy's release in 2004) to present a cut that more closely matched his vision for the film. Three years later, Petersen approached the film with a more relaxed perspective, and the result is a well-crafted expansion on a film that was previously underrated, with 30 minutes of previously unseen material. Character dynamics have been improved and intensified; the epic-scale narrative is now easier to follow, with greater emphasis on the inner turmoil of Achilles (well played by Brad Pitt) and his rivalry with Hector (Eric Bana); and viewers will feel a more satisfying escalation of tension and suspense from battle to battle. The film's enormous battle scenes (impressively enhanced with CGI) are bloodier and gorier, but they're also more effectively integrated into the political story, which goes beyond Homer's The Iliad and the death of Hector to incorporate elements of Virgil and a more revealing study of the differences between Trojan king Priam (Peter O'Toole) and his megalomanical Greek rival, king Agamemnon (Brian Cox), whose lust for revenge is now one of the film's most powerful ingredients. Some of Troy's original weaknesses remain (such as Orlando Bloom's wimpy performance as Paris), but overall, this director's cut easily justifies its existence, regardless of the film's overblown and historically inaccurate depiction of Troy as a gigantic city of massive columns and statuary. The good parts are better, and the not-so-good parts are more easily forgiven. And no matter how you cut it, Troy is a lavish feast for the eyes. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Pitt Rules
Pitt rules. He makes every movie his own. You can't deny his power, or his intimate relationship with the camera.
The battle scenes are tight and dramatic. The giant slain is my favorite scene. That, and when our hero is felled.
Rating: - Petersen's majestic Troy
I previously owned the HD DVD copy of this epic but traded it when I heard that there would be a Directors Cut which would be an improvement on the previous one as far as the video. If you're a fan of this film as I was, then I would recommend this epic whole-heartedly. Some of the dialogue is a little too contemporary for a film of this type and Diane Kruger seems somewhat wooded as Helen but a great beauty nevertheless but Pitt and Eric Bana do excel as the rivals in the war and they're supported ... Read More
Rating:  - GREAT MOVIE!!
I believe this is one of Brad Pitt's best movies. I though Orlando Bloom was beautiful but a real wimp! Eric Bana was Great too! I know you will love this movie!
Rating: - Brad Pitt as Terminator
In my opinion this is the best movie yet produced on what is, arguably, the greatest story ever told. Granted, it is a Hollywood interpretation of the famous epic and is, therefore, inaccurate. The screenwriters, however, clearly love Homer's tale and try to do justice to it. They've just tried to tweak it a little.
We see remorseless Agammemnon sacrifice his only daughter so that favorable winds will blow for the Greek fleet. We see near-immortal Achilles playing with his women prior ... Read More
Rating: - Good Action
Interesting story of the problems love can cause when left in the hands of the young and foolish/inexperienced. Brad Pitt did justice to the role as hero and so did the other major leads.
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