Achilles is described as "huge" and lion-like in combat, but the actor Elliot Page is 1m55. Yeah, Achilles is also incredibly beautiful and god-like, but that's not the same as being feminine. What you're doing here is performative ignorance - "look at me, not even logic can stop me from being open-minded". It's happening in literally every discussion of this movie and it's exhausting.
Also, I hope you realize that calling a trans man "feminine" is not the woke flex that you think it is.
With respect to Achilles, there might be a justification for casting Page as him, because in the movie he is presumably dead and therefore a diminished version of himself with dramatically reduced physical presence. This matches greek beliefs about the afterlife and in the trailer Page looks to be acting that way. That works much better than the nonsense you wrote.
He’s a legitimate bad person who should be judged by his choices, platforming him in a major motion picture is a decision that should actually be critiqued heavily.
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u/Ok_Boysenberry5849 13d ago edited 13d ago
Achilles is described as "huge" and lion-like in combat, but the actor Elliot Page is 1m55. Yeah, Achilles is also incredibly beautiful and god-like, but that's not the same as being feminine. What you're doing here is performative ignorance - "look at me, not even logic can stop me from being open-minded". It's happening in literally every discussion of this movie and it's exhausting.
Also, I hope you realize that calling a trans man "feminine" is not the woke flex that you think it is.
With respect to Achilles, there might be a justification for casting Page as him, because in the movie he is presumably dead and therefore a diminished version of himself with dramatically reduced physical presence. This matches greek beliefs about the afterlife and in the trailer Page looks to be acting that way. That works much better than the nonsense you wrote.