Troy and pie

Sunday-Saw Troy while Daryl worked. And you know what? Brad Pitt did a pretty good job. But it was all a little too serious for what it was. They shouldn't have cast anyone as Helen, but Orlando Bloom did a good job of seeming like a selfish kid. Did anyone seriously believe this couple? They messed with the story a bit, but whatever, it's a movie. Did anyone really believe that Achilles didn't have some sort of homosexual thing going on with Patroclus? All I know is that they tried really hard to make us believe that they didn't. The young actors all looked terrific and buff and it surprised me to know that they really did set fire to the hayballs and people had to act around them. The potential for things going wrong and people getting hurt was very, very high. But hey, great sequence. Peter O'Toole was great, as usual, and I really could believe that he could father a son that looked like Orlando Bloom. They both have very lovely cheekbones. I wonder, as they waited 6 months to rebuild the Troy set, when it was ruined by a hurricane, if Peter O'Toole regaled them with stories about what he did while waiting around on set of Lawrence of Arabia back in the day when he was the next big star.

Had to make another peach and blackberry pie. It must be done as organic blackberries are not in season for very long. And I am a slave to peach and blackberry pies.