{"id":4963,"date":"2013-01-18T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/lines\/?p=4963"},"modified":"2013-09-13T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T16:02:09","slug":"book-vs-movie-the-illiad-vs-troy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2013\/01\/18\/book-vs-movie-the-illiad-vs-troy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book vs. Movie: The Illiad  vs. Troy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>There may come a time when you&#8217;re standing in the stacks, book in one hand, DVD in the other. What to do!?! Have no fear. It\u2019s Book vs. Movie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book:<\/strong> <em>The Iliad<\/em> by Homer (<a href=\"http:\/\/utc.worldcat.org\/oclc\/131070053\" target=\"_blank\">PA4025.A2 M46<\/a>, 3rd Floor)<br \/>\n<strong>Movie:<\/strong> <em>Troy <\/em>directed by Wolfgang Petersen (<a href=\"http:\/\/utc.worldcat.org\/oclc\/56402016\" target=\"_blank\">PN1997.T769<\/a>, 1st Floor)<\/p>\n<p>Every semester, time-strapped Western Humanities I students stumble into the library needing desperately to read some poem by a guy named Homer. Initially upset to find out that Homer\u2019s last name is not \u201cSimpson,\u201d spirits are lifted by the discovery that there exists a movie adapted from this mighty long tome. And it stars Brad Pitt. Squee!<\/p>\n<p><em>Troy<\/em> wasn\u2019t &#8230; well, it wasn\u2019t all bad. It\u2019s about what you would expect out of a historical epic made into a movie starring Brad Pitt as Achilles. And by that, I mean it\u2019s really half about displaying his biceps. I\u2019m not complaining. Pitt did a pretty good job of conveying the mix of arrogance and anger that the poetic character displays. Likewise, Eric Bana as Hector portrays the hard choices that Hector must make with great feeling. But let\u2019s be honest, <em>Troy <\/em>really isn\u2019t <em>The Iliad<\/em>. I mean, the bones of the plot are there, but all the meat is missing (there\u2019s a pun there somewhere&#8211;something about biceps).<\/p>\n<p>Film pet peeve? Trojan set looks like it was made by the Greek version of Ikea.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4980\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/09\/book-vs-movie-illiad.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4980 \" title=\"Once more ... biceps.\" alt=\"Once more ... biceps.\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/lines\/files\/2013\/01\/JaimeFlex2-300x225.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once more &#8230; biceps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the other hand, <em>The Iliad<\/em> offers much more nuanced character development than the action movie. Within the first 500 lines, Achilles, broken-hearted because his girl is taken away, cries &#8230; for his mom. Where <em>The Iliad<\/em> really shines isn&#8217;t in its violence or partial nudity, but its ability to hold up relationships as the mirror of the self &#8212; Achilles is both heroic and horrible because of his love for other people. In other words, the watered down familial ties between Achilles and Patroclus in <em>Troy<\/em> doesn\u2019t come close to matching the bromance of <em>The Iliad<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Book pet peeve? Yes, it\u2019s long. And there\u2019s a lot of name dropping. But it\u2019s worth it. I swear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner: Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What about you? Book or movie?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may come a time when you&#8217;re standing in the stacks, book in one hand, DVD in the other. What to do!?! Have no fear. It\u2019s Book vs. Movie. 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