Troy

Revealing mistake: In many extreme close-ups, the large white reflector screens are clearly reflected in the eyes of the actors and actresses. (00:40:20 - 01:11:10)

Super Grover

Revealing mistake: When Achilles stabs Hector, you can actually see the sword vanish from Achilles hands just before the shot switches to the side view of the killing.

Revealing mistake: Just after Achilles slices Hector's spear, Achilles spins his shield then positions himself behind it. In the next shot facing Achilles, as he starts to walk toward Hector, he does not hold the usual handle on the underside of his shield, instead he holds a small solid handle (used for spinning shield) which is beside the normal handle. Also notice the hilt of the sword is the wrong direction near his elbow, whereas in the following shot when he holds the normal shield handle, the hilt of the sword is properly positioned. (01:59:20)

Super Grover

Revealing mistake: When Hector and Paris return to Troy with Helen, in the first shot they pass through the gate and head down the long path through the city. Then later, when the soldiers head for the armory and when Hector walks through the gate for the face off with Achilles, the path is substantially different. The statue and actual buildings' positions, the curve of the road, etc., are completely different. (This has nothing to do with camera angle.) (00:27:40 - 01:57:00)

Super Grover

Revealing mistake: When Agamemnon finds Briseis kneeling, while Troy burns, he pulls her up by her hair. As she lifts her left arm up, the beige undergarment she wears is visible under her arm. From the moment we see Briseis kneeling, throughout this entire scene, the set lighting and shadows change quite dramatically in consecutive shots. (02:27:05)

Super Grover

Revealing mistake: In Achilles' tent, while Achilles tells Briseis that she is his guest and not his captive, the distinctive tan lines of the actress' bikini top are clearly visible as Achilles holds her. (01:37:15)

Super Grover

Revealing mistake: When Hector and his men are fighting the Greek army outside Troy's walls in the second battle, blood spurts up from the bodies lying on the ground, after "Apollonians! Now!" is shouted. It's very obvious that the blood does not come directly from the bodies. (01:21:25)

Revealing mistake: After Menelaus is killed the two armies clash. In the second close-up of the men fighting, when a Trojan slams a large club-like weapon into a Greek's face, the club end bends when blood spurts everywhere. (01:18:20)

Super Grover

Revealing mistake: When the Greek's rampage Troy, a Trojan falls through a thatched roof. In the next shot a light haired Trojan male is thrown on top of a black haired male, and are attacked while they lie atop a stone landing. Then at the start of the following close-up, a lone light haired female falls to the ground from that very same stone landing, which is followed by a repeat performance in close-up, by the light haired male of the previous shot, with some differences in this take. (02:21:15)

Super Grover

Revealing mistake: When we fly over the beach and see all the ships with the arriving troops, some running ashore, the CGI men look like they're running on the water's surface rather than through it, as they're making no splashes.

Jacob La Cour

Revealing mistake: When the soldiers of Greece are collecting the wood for the Trojan horse, you see bits coming of the wood, revealing the white Styrofoam used to make the wood.

Ivan-sama

Revealing mistake: When the spear handle is protruding from Hector's shoulder, the area of the armor around the circular wound is clearly visible and it is in perfect condition. There is no tear in the armor whatsoever, around the wood, which would have been necessary to allow the wide spear tip to penetrate the armor and actually enter Hector's body as it did. (02:01:20)

Super Grover

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Hector: All my life I've lived by a code; and the code is simple: Honor the gods, love your woman, and defend your country. Troy is mother to us all. Fight for her!

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Trivia: Near the end of the movie, Paris hands the Sword of Troy off to a young man called Aeneas saying something along the lines of "Troy will always have a future so long as this sword is held by a Trojan." This was a little nod to Virgil's Aeneid which describes the travels of Aeneas after the Trojan War and who was an antecedent of Romulus and Remus (the legendary founders of Rome).

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Question: What does Agamemnon yell right before the Greeks charge in the first battle?

Answer: He doesn't yell any words, just an expression of anguish over his brothers death.

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