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Tuesday means it's time for another Historical Drama with a hearty dose of Ancient Greek Mythology as Tara Erickon & Aaron Alexander give their First Time Reaction, Commentary, Breakdown, & Spoiler Review for the Epic Tale directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, Air Force One, Poseidon) based on Homer's Iliad as well as Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus. Troy stars Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood) as the demigod Achilles, Eric Bana (Hulk, Star Trek, Black Hawk Down) as Hector, Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the caribbean, The Lord of the Rings) as Paris, Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds, National Treasure) as Helen of Troy, Brian Cox (Succession, Adaptation, X2 X-Men United) as King Agamemnon, Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges, The Banshees on Inisherin, Paddington 2) as Menelaus, & Sean Bean (Goldeneye, Equilibrium, The Fellowship of the Ring) as Odysseus, along with Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia), Julie Christie (Doctor Zhivago), Rose Byrne (Insidious, Neighbors, Bridesmaids), Saffron Burrows (Deep Blue Sea, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Nathan Jones (Mad Max: Fury Road), Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy), & MORE!
Tara & Aaron react to all the Best Scenes & Most Epic Battles including the Trojan Horse, Achilles' Revenge, (Achilles vs. Boagrius), Hector vs. Achilles, Is There No One Else? , Hector vs. Ajax, Hector Saves Paris, Hector Kills Achilles? , Achilles saves Briseis, the Ending Scene, & Beyond!
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You two are hilarious & insightful. Much of the dialogue was taken directly from the the actual story by Homer who wrote The Iliad. A Trojan Horse came to be a term for an object of deception and your Achilles' Heel is known as our weak spot. The depiction of him removing the arrows except in the heel secured the myth of his death. BTW I've used this line on potential lovers "You will never be lovelier as your now and we will never be here again", and it works! LOL!
The coins over the eyes thing is a part of Greek mythology. When you die, you get sent to the Underworld, but you have to cross the River Styx to get there. In order to cross it you have to pay the ferryman, Charon, two gold coins so that he will take you there.
Yeah, I thought it was in the school program.
That's shitty, even in death, you still have to pay for transportation.
As someone who took a Greek mythology elective as an undergrad. I am definitely qualified to say, this is true 👍
"See? Billy Idol gets it, I don't see why she doesn't get it."
Does poeple learn nothing now a day. i mean I know education in america is .... when i come to anything outside America, still.
Fun fact. Brad Pitt, playing Achilles, the guy who’s only weakness was his Achilles tendon, suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon playing the role.
That is what we call irony
Achilles heel
Fun Fact: That didn't happen. That was a myth that was busted.
Also fun fact, this version of Achilles is nothing more than an amazing fighter and has no godly protection. The movie alludes to the gods not existing several times and Achilles himself says he wouldn't need a shield if he couldn't be harmed. Paris kills him with arrows but he removes all but the one that went through his heel, his soldiers found him that way, and thus the legend was born
he also said that he had seen the gods
one of the few movies that Sean Bean didn't die.
Pixels is another one.
Silent hill is another one sean bean doesn't die
Oh my god. It is. Hahah
National treasure is another though he does goto jail
The Martian
Achilles storming the beach is one of the greatest things ever. And when he throws that shield over his back a split second before the spear hits...👌🏽 {{chef's kiss}}
I've seen this movie many times. I honestly didn't notice the arrow hitting the shield until this reaction.
I wished Achilles caught the spear and sliced hector face. That would've been nuts.
For the longest time, I thought that was the case - the arrow hitting the shield right as he slings it over his back. BUT ... that's not the truth. In reality, the arrow was already stuck there from earlier in the battle, it just so happens when he slings it over his back to get it out of the way (so he can dual wield two swords), an arrow from earlier in the battle was already stuck in there and that's just an optical illusion. Makes you think he had eyes in the back of his head, but I don't think that was the intention of that scene.
"arrow"*
Achilles had me and my siblings calling everyone a “sack of wine” 20yrs later at 24yrs old I still do it 😂😂😂
Same!!!! Nice to meet a fellow sack of wine.
35yrs old and I still say "sack of wine"
"Helen of Troy"... the face that launched a thousand ships
No really, the king's ships were there to conquere Troy, not foe Helena
@@alifc1082 nevertheless, she was the excuse
Don't you mean Helena Troy? 😂
Helena is Bradley Troy's sister?
I'm so surprised they didn't read any of this in English class... maybe they forgot.
"This is like Game of Thrones" "I need to check out whatever David Benioff wrote besides this" LOL
Imagine referencing the White Walkers and 15 min later not knowing who Benioff is.
Don’t bother, his other writing credit include X-men origins Wolverine. The one where they sued Deadpool’s mouth shut
@@therealCrispyKid "Sewed". Benioff's original script was rewritten by Skip Woods. I highly recommend checking out '25th Hour' and then come back here with an original take.
2 myth things:
1. Sean Bean’s character is Odysseus, whose journey home from the Trojan War is called The Odyssey.
2. The guy Paris gave the sword to is Aeneas, who the Aeneid is about. He supposedly lead the fleeing Trojans to Italy, and was the ancestor of the founders of Rome.
A fellow ancient history nerd it seems. A pleasure to meet you.
I wish they would have had Helen hate Paris and try to go back to Menelaus like in the real story. Still a great movie, I just wish they didn't rush the whole war haha.
If they made this today it would be a trilogy lol
Odysseus well known as Ulises.
@@kimberlyjeanne9456if they did this today, I wish they’d make them use bronze age armor and chariot warfare cuz that would make for a sight thats unseen in movies
Me pressing play: "There better be a fucking big wooden horse in this" Me 150 minutes later: "Hell yeah"
talk about narrow minded lmfao
@@hrishikeshXXVare you familiar with the concept of a joke?😂
me pressing play ; " i hope they shoot him in the ankle and he goes out looking like a punk"
me at the end of the movie ; "nice." lol
Tara (in response): "Why would there be a big wooden horse?"
27:58 "War is young men dying and old men talking…." Still true today…
And all this happened because 3 goddesses were in an argument over who was the most beautiful, and asked a naive mortal to choose between them lol if anyone’s read the Iliad you know what I mean
I really wish they would do a streaming series that covers the whole epic poem (both), from the beginning of the Iliad to the end of The Odyssey.
@@BloodDjimon614 that would be cool
I remember having a history project on this movie in high school n one of the questions was comparing it to the Iliad but since I knew to much of this teacher asked me about something I’m like ya Ajax’s the greater wasn’t killed by hector matter fact he lived longer n committed suicide because Athena cursed him because she favoured Odysseus n Odysseus won the rights to Achilles Armor so he went insane.
@cailanmurray4430 yeah and Agamemnon wasn't killed by Brisies. He was killed by his own wife when he arrived home, because he'd sacrificed his Daughter to the gods for good weather for journey to Troy. I know its a lot more complicated than that, and really he wasn't a villian like this movie makes out.
@@Welsh_Dragon756 "he sacrificed his daughter, but really he wasn't a villain" - while I know what you mean, putting it like that gave me a good chuckle
i didnt know I needed a "Troy is not a person" Tshirt with Tara's face on it
Yeah, clearly she doesn't pay attention
The guy Orlando Bloom gave his sword to at the end of the movie was Aeneas. In mythology he was the son of the Goddess Aphrodite & is a prince of Troy. He is said to have led the Trojans out of the burning city & eventually stopped what is now Italy to establish the Roman people
One of brad pitts best roles imo, love the time period of this film. The mix of war and romance was perfect to watch throughout and the chemistry between the characters.. 😊
While I do enjoy this movie I've always believed that this was one of Brad's worst performances. Example - during the pre beach battle it almost seems like he's not even trying 😂. Definitely not at the top of this legends top movies.
The legend of Achilles goes like this. His mother dipped him in the river by holding on to his ankle so that where all the water touched him, he would never be harmed by a weapon. Because she was holding him by the Achilles tendon, that part of him didn't get wet, and that part became his weakness. When the arrow pierced his Achilles tendon, it broke the blessing on Achilles.
All of the above are correct except that the arrow that Paris shot was poisoned what's what killed him and it was also said that it was guided by Apollo. Paris also got shot by Philoctetes with the arrows that were given to him by Herakles and were poisoned by hydra's blood
@@jasondim2316 And the war actually lasts for 10 years and not just a long weekend.
Dipped him the river styx
@@QuayNemSorr lol I'm envisioning the long weekend side. 1st greek:Hey we've got a 3 day coming up for Zeus's birthday what say we go to Troy and wreck some shyt, we can be back at the office by monday. 2nd greek:Well I was going fishing but what the hades.
In the epic, The Aenead, Aeneas, the man who left with the Sword of Troy, would lead the surviving Trojans and go on to found the Roman Empire.
I mean they founded the beginning of Rome is the idea yeah. Roman Empire wasnt established until centuries later
Like the guy above me said not the Roman empire but the Roman city itself! Which I think is cooler. 😊
Romulus and his twin brother created Rome
That is correct. Rome was not found until centuries later? Lol, how quick does one think a "civilisation" takes to form...5 days? Come on now. Myths are born from facts. I believe it.
@ducksauce9187 Mate. The ROMANS themselves say they descended from the Trojans of the war. Who are you to dictate what is and what is not?
“To hear that from your father right before you know you’re going to die is a great gift” absolute facts! Great reaction!
I don't know why I was shocked that you guys didn't know about Troy. They were teaching that even in elementary school back in the day
You were shocked because you have to be living under a rock to be THIS ignorant of the story.
43:37 - The coins over the eyes are to pay Charon, the ferryman, who ushers the souls of the dead across the river Styx into the afterlife.
You know I just gotta bite my tongue. The absolute unknowing of the tales created by Homer just blows by mind
They're just yelling at whats happening right in front of them...I am so disappointed at this reaction
54:40 As it happens, that is how it happens in the Illiad, which is the original Greek myth that this movie is based off of! Achilles had that one vulnerable spot in his heal, and during a fight during which the Greeks forced their way past the gates of Troy, and Paris was fighting alongside the archers on the walls, firing down at the Greeks. He saw Achilles, fired, and Apollo guided his aim so that the arrow pierced Achilles' heel, causing him to bleed out and die.
Achilles doesn't die in the Illiad, his death is just certain after he goes to Troy and kills Hector(gods straight up tell him).
The, "everything is more beautiful because we're doomed" dialog, actually permanently affected my perspective when I saw this year's ago.
Ironically a movie where Sean Bean not only doesn’t die but is one of the very few characters that dont 😂
David Benioff was one of the creators of the Show Game of Thrones and he wrote the scripts with D.B. Weiss
Tara watching Lincoln: “Ooh, the President and the First Lady are seeing a play! I hope they enjoy it!”
The scene with the king and Achilles in the tent is my favorite. Anytime I think of this movie that scene instantly comes to mind.
(18:36) To paraphrase Terminator 2:
Hector: We've got company.
Andromache: Greeks? How many?
Hector: All of 'em, I think.
Lol 😆 🤣 😂
What's your FAVORITE Epic War / Ancient Mythology Movie??
I love this one, but I also love a ‘good’ ridiculous Clash of the Titans (both versions please don’t come at me for my questionable taste 😂)
@@WriterOnTheEdge Agreed! The original and the remake plus it’s sequel are tons of fun!
Troy, Gladiator, 300 .. In that order
React to 300
300, troy, Dunkirk, clash of the titans and saving private ryan are some of mine 😅
Nah, anyone who's attended school should know Troy was a City. (Present day Hissarlik, Turkey)
Thats confirmes?
@@carpediem9750 they recently found ancient remains of a city in that area with some ancient greek war objects so it is likely Homer didn't invent this war for his epic but actually based the Iliad on a real situation.
9 of them. 9 cities named Troy built on the ruins of the previous cities
Ok Tara, so the to-do list is:
-Do the Juice shirt
-Ring the Bell shirt
-Shejects shirt
-Everything is More Beautiful Because We Are DOOMED shirt.
Just a reminder. 🤓
I can't believe you've never seen this epic movie! Even though Brad Pitt has said that it's not one of his best movies, I love it! It's my second favorite movie of his after Legends of the Fall, which is my favorite Brad Pitt movie!
Love Legends of the Fall. I watch it at least a couple times a year.
@@te1013 Same here! It's superb!
Of course they need to lie for the views with this two nobody and the first guy who appear that it look like he don't take a shower at all
@@superpanda3857 Dude what’s your obsession with Greg?? Not that I want to feed the troll here but you’ve commented so much about Greg, I want to know lol.
Sorry Brad this was one of his greatest movies
I have to say i am very surprised that none of them knew about Troy? Troyan horse? Homer and the Iliad?
Odysseus? Do Americans not read anything about ancient greece and their mythology?
@karmahed You forget, this is the most uneducated clueless generation of the past 100 years. But they love to talk and show everyone how little they know about...everything.
The Trojan Horse...asking as an American...lol
Yea that was honestly pretty surprising.
We do. But I was in AP English, so who knows what they teach in normal classes. I remember my sister reading The Scarlett Latter, The Great Gatsby, To Kill A Mockingbird, etc.. So I think different levels of English learned different things. Can't learn everything. I just read my stuff and her stuff but I'm a reader 😂
A lot of us do...this reaction was very low effort and that makes me sad
"David Benioff, bravo David! I don't know what other scripts you've written"
He was co-writing Game of Thrones.
LOL
That "important guy for history" at the end is Aeneas, the founding father of the Romans. Acc. to legend, Aeneas led a group of Trojan refugees across the sea to Italy. The Trojan refugees settled in Italy, and intermarried with the local Latins, and became the future Romans, founded the city of Rome, etc. The Romans always believed themselves to be the descendants of the Trojans. When many centuries later the Romans conquered Greece, they talked about it as Trojan "payback" against the Greeks, for the fall of Troy centuries earlier.
The writer, David Benioff, was one of the co-creators and showrunners of Game of Thrones. So it makes even more sense that there were a few actors in this movie that were later in Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.
This movie came out when CGI was just starting, so doing shots like with a thousand ships was something we never saw before. We didn't have CGI like we have today, so they were limited, but thats why the movie looks so good. They had just enough cg for wide angle boat shots, but not for much else.
Since y'all are watching action movies from 2004, might I suggest King Arthur with Clive Owen???
Yes! This is another fantastic movie! Great suggestion!
Even though the movie is not 100% accurate to what happened (for instance how long the war actually went on, 10 years), it's still an epic movie. Watched it so many times!
According to the stories Aenaeus (the kid who got the Sword of Troy at the end) helped found Rome.
Troy has a special place in my heart.
I named my daughter Briseis.
Thought the name was so beautiful I told myself (at the time) whenever I have a daughter, her name will be Briseis❤
I mean you guys never heard of The Trojan Horse of Troy?
I really love this movie despite all of the inaccuracies. It’s one of my biggest inspirations for my love of history.
It's amusing how many complain about inaccuracies of an adaptation of a fantasy poem adaptation of real events. As far as I know, we have no historical evidence either way of the Trojan Horse beyond the opening parts of the Odyssey, but we have found the remains of Troy and its nine layers showing how many times the city was sacked.
In short, you are complaining about discrepancies of a realistic depiction of a fantasy story including gods and demigods. O-kay.
@@JeshuaSquirrel why type a paragraph to discredit a comment stating how I found my passion for history?
Wolfgang Peterson was supposed to direct a Batman v. Superman film back in the day but then he directed Troy taking what he had planned for the DC film incorporating elements from the scrapped film to this greek tragedy. Brad Pitt hand-picked Eric Bana for Hector after seeing his performance in the film Chopper.
A crime against art
I wasn't too sure how this reaction would play out at first but seeing you guys watch it through the lens of like a Marvel film without knowledge of the mythology or themes was really fun. Like, it almost felt like you bridged time back to 725bc where this was the Mavel of its day and your reactions would have been the reaction of some acient greek geek.
I mean this story is so old that one of the movie's inaccuracies was the fact they placed coins on the eyes of the dead (which was a later custom)......... coins hadn't even been invented yet, this story that still works predates coins!!!!
But if you like this stuff, you really should look into mythology more. Lucus is famous for studying the heroes journey as inspiration as well as many other story tellers.
The big guy Hector fight is Ajax and played by Tylar Mane. He played Sabretooth in Xmen and Michael Myers in the Rob Zombie Halloween films
Odyssius (Sean Beans character) was a cool character in Greek mythology and history. By all account he was an above average warrior. . .but where he really excelled (according to the greeks) was in his cunning and intellect. He was also quite the adventurer.
Do they really not teach The Iliad in school anymore? I can’t believe neither of these two knew Troy was a place
The fact nobody knows Brendan Gleeson is a shame. Names all the actors besides him
Right, are they... MAD
@@MarioBario so mad they could throw boulders but not hit anything
Troy is such a classic. My friends and I are constantly quoting it. "Immortality, Take it! It's YOURS!" "You sack of wine!" and "The gods envy US." haha, iconic.
Also: David Benioff's film and TV writing credits go crazy!
A season one reaction to Spartacus:Blood and Sand after watching Troy would be EPIC!!It’s so good!
This has probably already been said but, in the myth, Helen and Menelaus return home, Paris dies on a raft, Hector doesn’t kill Ajax (he actually runs from him), Hector’s baby is thrown from a tower, his wife Andromache is sold into slavery, Agamemnon survives but is killed by his wife for sacrificing his daughter when he returns to Greece, Achilles dies because the arrow was poisoned and struck him in the heel (hence “Achilles Tendon”) because when he was born his mother dipped into the river Styx and it was the only part of his body that was vulnerable. In most Greek retellings it’s Apollo who guides Paris’ arrow.
Odysseus is the one who kills the baby 😢 sad because after the gods rip him a new one
Brad was on his A game in this movie! Damn...20 years pass by quick.....
I see sooo many of those poeple putting "First time" regarding so many "mainstream" movies that I really wondering what kind of public is this and how old they are. Cz it is impossible they haven't watch so many of those movies.
Definitely should have watched the Directors Cut.....
You would have liked it so much more.
I agree. Can one find it online or is it physical media only.
Ancient Greeks put coins on the eyes of the dead to ensure Charon got paid for ferrying the deceased across the River Styx to the underworld.
Screenwriter David Benioff is today probably best known as one of the co-creators of the TV series adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones. Most recently he also co-created Netflix' version of 3 Body Problem.
If I remember right, Paris dies in the war, Helen marries one of his brothers, and at the end of the war, she goes back to Menelaus.
The most shocking thing in this movie is Sean Bean lives, which seldom happens in any movie he is in. Nice reaction, you noticed and appreciated more than most reactors. It rewarding when a reactor truly gets into a movie.
It should be noted that in the Epic poem The Iliad, the war was 10 years long.
Odysseus'' tactic of the Trojan Horse was the originator of the proverb "beware Greeks bearing gifts."
"Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts".....I loved this movie. I saw it multiple times in the theaters!!
In siege warfare the defending army can be far smaller than the attacking army and still win, that’s why the Trojans were so confident that they would win and it took trickery to ultimately defeat them
Years ago I fell down a rabbit hole of weird un unusual units of measurement.
It is said that Helen of Troy was so beautiful, the Spartan launched a fleet of a thousand ships to get her back.
You can derive from it the micro-Helen, the amount of beauty necessary to launch one ship
Great! Now I have to figure out how much of a Helen would launch a canoe, thanks a lot!
I'M DYING HERE LMFAO
Fun fact, in modern times, "a trojan horse" is the term used for an internet hack which appears as an app, but lets the hacker inside your systems. 🙂
This movie is epic in how it brought the classic book to life! Brad Pitt was perfect as Achilles, and Eric Bana truly encapsulated Hector. Such great performances by everyone in this film. I would love to see you guys react to "The Legend of Awesomest Maximus" now. It's a parody of Troy, Gladiator, and 300, and it's hilarious! Awesome reaction! ❤❤
Not knowing Troy was a place is crazy 🤣🤣🤦♂️🤷♂️
I'm honestly surprised of how ignorant Americans are about The Iliad (And the Odyssey)... I'm from a poor Latin American country, only did middle school and i knew the basics of Homer's epic.
I'm American and basically everyone I know are at least somewhat knowledgable on the Iliad and Odyssey. I think it's just these two.
@@en4833 where are they from?
I miss these epic films. It was great in the theater. And I LOVED this reaction! Thanks guys! Those dislikes are a bunch of haters fr.
I enjoy both Tara and Aaron a lot, and them together with this particular movie reaction was so absolutely enjoyable!!
Give Odysseus, the clever one, the 'credit' for the horse. The film shows him getting the idea watching the horse getting whittled; the part about his going to get Achilles is also from the myth.
I wouldn't be so quick to congratulate the screenplayers for the best dialogues and phrases in this movie. I'm honest with you, I never read "The Iliad" or "The Odessey" but it is possible that perhaps those dialogues that you liked so much come from those works of Homer. Because the Trojan War is narrated in those classic literary works as I understand it.
fun fact, david benioff, who was a really young author (wrote 25th hour, adopted by spike lee.. i think, staring edward norton) wrote troy as his first script. a decade later he and his buddy were one of a dozen or so groups who pitched george RR martin on adapting game of thrones, and was chosen because him and DB weiss (an english college professor at the time) were the only ones he felt actually read and understood the novel. Was such a huge fan of his even from the beginning. Such a shame... his career is now like a greek tragedy of modern TV entertainment:P
I didn't realize until you said it. David Benioff who wrote Troy. Is one of the showrunners on Game of Thrones
Hector's death is heart breaking because he's an amazing character. But I get it
"There is just no way Troy stand a chance!"
The Trojans actually holding the city for 10 years: "..." (in the original)
:D
Patroclus wasn’t Achilles’ brother, he was his cousin (and, according to some sources, his lover!)
Incorrect and inaccurate.
They're cousin, according to Hesiod.
34:25 “Troy” is set in 1250 BC. “300” is about the Battle of Thermopylae, 770 years later in 480 BC. I suppose they are related in that they both involve the Spartan army.
1:07:10 It was at that moment that the story of Troy ended and the story of Rome began. Aeneas has a long and difficult journey ahead of him
Achilles' cousin, Patroclus, was actually his half-brother in real life in ancient Greece. This movie is fiction but portrayed wonderfully.
I know the movie toned them down to Cousins (not brothers) but Patroclus actually was the lover of Achilles in greek mytology, by Homer's Version.
“gods envy us because we’re mortal, any moment might be our last, everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed” DAMN
Great reaction guys! You commented on the music a few times, James Horner gave us many great scores such as Titanic, bicentennial man, the amazing spiderman.
In the book, Apollo guided Paris' arrow, bringing that plot point full circle. Love this movie, though!
If it makes you feel better, those horses are highly educated, well desensitized, and made as comfortable as possible. They're taught how to fall slowly, and as they get stronger and more confident in the maneuver, gradually increase speed until they can safely fall at a gallop. I know of one horse used in the 2 part TV movie Merlin that liked falling so much he would run around his pasture and do it.
One of the few movies that features Sean Bean and he doesn’t die
The big Greek with the warhammer is Ajax. Maybe the greatest Greek warrior not named Achilles, and the namesake of the soap and the Deadpool antagonist.
huh, the lack of history from you two is amazing
still a good reaction
Great movie. Trying to choose between Achillies and Hector is very difficult.
i remember but young watching this movie with my dad and cousin when we went on a fishing trip. after being on the boat all day and coming back to the beach house and watching this epic movie. great memory
Well I guess if you liked this then your next one would be Kingdom of Heaven. THAT is a truly epic period piece.
19:03 no its not just for one Girl. This Girl was the Queen of Sparta. & Hector & Paris was there to cement an alliance between the great cities. They dined with etc. Its an incredible insult they have done to Menelaos & Sparta. Yes, menelaos is not great(offcouse) but its not a surprise why he reacts this Way.
19:46 come on.
0:00 Close - Nathan Jones was 6'10". He spent about ten years in prison in Australia for a series of bank robberies when he was younger, then spent a year in the WWE, and THAT he couldn’t handle!!
I've seen this movie dozens of times. Whenever I heard Hector speak his code I get goose bumps. Troy! Troy! Troy!
Priam [to Hector]: no father ever had a better son.
Paris: I'm RIGHT. HERE. DAD! geez! 😭
This war is so legendary people still talk about it over 3000 years later. I love how they made the movie you dont see its like these days.
51:27 - "This is when he knew, He F****d Up."
If that meme was around 20 years ago, this is a PRIME example 😂
David Benioff was only one of the two show runners for “Game of Thrones”. Small project.
I never understood why people dont know this story. I learned about Roman history and mythology in elementary school.
Right? They had a complexity to them that could be for adults but the themes and lessons were always so basic for kids to understand and adults to be reminded of.
Idk, I come across a lot of parents who think some stories are “too much” for a little kid to understand.
Not all school districts are properly funded and managed.
This isn't Roman. This is Greek (and ancient-ancient Greek at that). Big difference.
Same here, I learned this stuff when I was in elementary school and I’ve heard about so many times while growing up. It’s all most impressive they’ve never heard about this before.
Let’s pretend that every school in America goes into full detail on certain historical topics. 🙄
They half-ass lessons most of the time. Just enough to fill the curriculum. And depending on the decade, they mostly cared about teaching just enough for the standardized testing. Plus, there were (probably still are) too many students per teacher for them to manage, not enough funding etc…
The list goes on and on.
That was Odysseus from Homer’s Odyssey and the one that came up with the Trojan Horse idea