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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evildmguy" data-source="post: 2442029" data-attributes="member: 6092">As everyone has said, we all have our personal opinions and take them with us to a movie.  I had read the Illiad and wanted to see the movie.  My personal opinion?  I liked it.  I liked that they took what was a myth, probably about a real event, and made it real.  I liked that take on it.  I thought some of the changes were funny (Patrocles being his cousin) and some worked for me (that there were no gods, that it didn't take ten years).  The only way it could have been better, imo, is if instead of doing the literal Trojan Horse, they used the theory that the Trojan Horse represents the first siege tower to breach walls, which is why Troy fell.  However, no big deal and it is something I agree with but I am sure not everyone does.  The piece de resistance for me, though, was the tie in to the Aenid.  LOVED THAT!I liked Gladiator.  I even knew where it got things right and wrong, love most things Roman (from the 20th century perspective) and I still enjoy Gladiator to this day.  As people said, it entertains me, and I like that.  These also get me thinking and rushing to my books, which is never bad!  I also liked that Hitchhiker's wasn't completely by the book.  The story was still there and that's what is important.  I can suspend my disbelief (although, only so far as I didn't like Van Helsing when I had to continuously suspend it) for a good drama or story.  It happens all the time in TV and I accept that.  Having said that, I have NO IDEA how they will do the next Harry Potter movies, because the story might get left behind to fit into two hours or so.  That's just me, though.  Have a good one!  Take care!  edg</blockquote>

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