Troy took Homer's Iliad, cut the ten-year war down to three weeks, and removed every god from the story. Josh, Garrett, and David talk through whether that decision is why the 2004 epic still divides people twenty years later.
In this episode of So Many Sequels, the hosts break down David Benioff's screenplay (yes, that Benioff), the movie's $46.8 million opening weekend, its unlikely position as a Lord of the Rings alumni reunion, and why Odysseus — not Achilles — might be the best-written character in the whole thing.
In this episode:
-What Troy kept from the Iliad, and what it invented entirely
-Why cutting the gods changes the whole story
-The Lord of the Rings connection nobody talks about
-Peter O'Toole's on-set complaints
-The Letterboxd guessing game and a rating gap that says a lot
Part of Mythology Month, leading into Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — in theaters now.
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