History Awesome / Troy

* Achilles has a series of them. Not only does he have a [[FinishingMove Trademark Finisher]] (a leaping downward thrust that strikes the heart of the victim through the trapezius muscle) which is used several times in the movie, but he swings a shield onto his back in perfect timing to block an oncoming arrow only to switch to a two-handed fighting style. Finally, his battle with Hector is one of the most suspenseful, white-knuckle, edge of your seat battles ever seen in an epic film. The lines "[[ToThePain You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know ... this is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles]]" and "Get up, Prince of Troy. I won't let a stone take my glory." display Achilles's absolute confidence.
** What's more, the fight choreography in this and other scenes is a [=CMoA=] for the film. Achilles is established to have a distinctive fighting style that is more...well, stylized than the other warriors. Even the near-superhuman Hector fights in a more grounded way. Achilles's trademark killing blow, the leaping neck-stab, kills anyone he tries to use it on...until he fights Hector, who blocks it and later ''breaks Achilles's spear.'' At that point, although we know Hector is doomed to lose, he shows he's not going down without a fight. At the duel's end, Achilles is sweating and fatigued. Hector is the first fight for him in the film that lasted more than a few seconds.

** When Hector spears Ajax through his belly... and then Ajax breaks the spear off, and starts beating Hector with it.
** The Trojans ''winning''. They're outnumbered by far, the Greeks charge, and [[HollywoodTactics crash themselves harmlessly against the Trojan phalanx and decimated by archers on the walls of Troy before being pushed back]]. Ajax's scene mentioned above is their HopeSpot, as Ajax, being second only to Achilles in valor, is coming close to break through the phalanx and give the Greeks a chance... Then Hector kills him, and the Greeks have to fall back.

* No love for Patroclus? The guy decides to inspire the Greek forces when they have no hope left by donning Achilles' armor and rallies them to fight the entire Trojan army. Even if it ends up getting him killed, the guy's got balls.

* Let's not forget the part where Achilles throws a spear at one of the Trojans riding towards the temple after the first attack and spears the Trojan when he's still way too far away. Hector, who was riding in the vanguard, is shocked by the sight.

* Let's not forget the part where Achilles throws a spear at one of the Trojans riding towards the temple after the first attack, and spears the Trojan when he's still way too far away.

* Achilles taking the beaches of Troy with just 50 men.

* The first [=CMoA=] of the film tells you everything you need to know about Achilles: dragged out of his tent with a hangover, facing the biggest, meanest looking man possible in CombatByChampion to decide the battle, he strides out, pulls off his finisher ending the battle in 15 seconds or so, and heads back to his tent (and the women in it).

* After having his brother die for him and everyone die around him as he watched unable to do much, Paris becomes the one to take down the [[spoiler: greatest warrior of the Greeks by shooting Achilles in his heel]].

** What's more, the fight choreography in this and other scenes is a [=CMoA=] for the film. Achilles is established to have a distinctive fighting style that is more...well, stylized than the other warriors. Even the near-superhuman Hector fights in a more grounded way. Achilles's trademark killing blow, the leaping neck-stab, kills anyone he tries to use it on...until he fights Hector, who blocks it and later ''breaks Achilles's spear.'' At that point, although we know Hector is doomed to lose, he shows he's not going down without a fight.

** And that's the first time anyone even got past Achilles' shield. For him, [[ArmorIsUseless armor WAS useless...]]

* Achilles has a series of them. Not only does he have a [[FinishingMove Trademark Finisher]] (a leaping downward thrust that strikes the heart of the victim through the trapezius muscle) which is used several times in the movie, but he swings a shield onto his back in perfect timing to block an oncoming arrow only to switch to a two handed fighting style. Finally, his battle with Hector is one of the most suspenseful, white-knuckle, edge of your seat battles ever seen in an epic film. The lines "[[ToThePain You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know ... this is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles]]" and "Get up, Prince of Troy. I won't let a stone take my glory." display Achilles' absolute confidence.
** What's more, the fight choreography in this and other scenes is a [=CMoA=] for the film. Achilles is established to have a distinctive fighting style that is more...well, stylized than the other warriors. Even the near-superhuman Hector fights in a more grounded way. Achilles' trademark killing blow, the leaping neck-stab, kills anyone he tries to use it on...until he fights Hector, who blocks it and later ''breaks Achilles' spear.'' At that point, although we know Hector is doomed to lose, he shows he's not going down without a fight.

* In the second battle, when, after Hector gets Paris back behind the Trojan walls he turns and lifts his helmet, screaming "FOR TROY!", a cry echoed by the entire Trojan army.

** The Trojans ''winning''. They're outnumbered by far, the Greeks charge, and [[HollywoodTactics crash themselves harmlessly against the Trojan phalanx and decimated by archers on the walls of Troy before being pushed back]]. Ajax' scene mentioned above is their HopeSpot, as Ajax, being second only to Achilles in valor, is coming close to break through the phalanx and give the Greeks a chance... Then Hector kills him, and the Greeks have to fall back.

* During the sacking of Troy, a bunch of Trojans decide to make a final stand. They know they can't win, but to them it's to buy everyone a few extra minutes while going down fighting.
-->'''Glaucus:''' My prince! The [[TheFerryman boatman]] waits for us! I say, we make him wait a little longer!

** An [[BadassBystander unarmed Trojan]] is briefly shown taking on two Greek soldiers.

* When Hector spears Ajax through his belly... and then Ajax breaks the spear off, and starts beating Hector with it.