Due to her divinity, any mortal man laying eyes on her is doomed to fall in love with her "beauty".
Unfortunately the producers/writers of Troy decided to leave out any aspect of the Gods, except mentioning them. This is a fatal mistake, in my opinion, as the influence of the Greek Gods has a large impact upon the story:
1. in Helen's case stated above.
2. Paris is visited by 3 Goddess's Hera, Athena & Aphrodite. He is asked to choose which he thinks is the most beautiful, each offering a worthy prize if they are chosen. Aphrodite shows him a vision of Helen, falling instantly in love with her (see above) he chooses Aphrodite.
3. Achilles (feared warrior Brad Pitt) is the Son of the Goddess Thetis, who bathes him as a baby in the River Styx ( the river that seperates the land of the living from the land of the dead), this makes him virtually invulnerable in combat (where do you think the term Achilles heel comes from????)
4. in Agamemnon's desire to conquer Troy he is told by his soothsayer (fortune teller) that the Gods demand a sacrifice before allowing the God of the wind to raise a breeze strong enough to allow the Greeks to embark on there quest. He is told to sacrifice his only daughter, which he does so providing yet anothe rmissed plot point for the culmination of the tale.
Also missing from the story was Cassandra, Hector & Paris's sister, who has the gift of foresight & as a young child has recurring visions of Paris's infidelity & the subsequential fall of Troy. Upon the birth of Paris, she convinces her father, King Priam, that Paris must not live & must be killed. Paris is taken to be killed but is left to die in the wild where he is later found & brought up by a Goat farmer.
What does all this mean??
Well it means one person that was bitterly disappointed with Troy. It was a good ACTION/WAR movie, but not great! I felt it had soooo much potential, potential to rival even Gladiator, but ultimately fell short of the mark. As for the actors?????
Brad Pitt: wooden
Orlando Bloom: annoying
Diane Kruger: pretty but without the knowledge of her curse, not pretty enough
Eric Bana: the REAL STAR of the movie!
Peter O'Toole: excellent as ever, very noble
& all the others?
Over the top to the point of becoming camp!
Another empty handed offering by Hollywood studio's!
When will they learn???
Just as a point of interest, released I think about a year or so prior to Troy was the Hallmark "Helen Of Troy". Now the acting leaves alot to be desired & the action stinks of Hercules BUT the story does quite nicely follow the tale of Troy until the end, where it gets a bit confused as it quickly tries to tie everything up! Worth checking out as a comparison!