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Article: Trojan Tragedy Even with star power of Brad Pitt, 'Troy' lacks charismatic focal point
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- Oakland Tribune
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- May 14, 2004
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BRAD Pitt looks prettier than Helen of Troy.
Pass it on.
Pitt, who plays the Greek warrior Achilles in "Troy," also goes a
cappella more than Diane Kruger's Helen or any other character in
this epic rejiggering of the Trojan War.
Yet, consistent with the mythology, the story still suggests that
it was Helen's face that launched a thousand ships and not Pitt's
bare backside.
Prepare to stretch your imagination.
Even Saffron Burrows as Hector's wife Andromache, and Rose Byrne
as Achilles' Trojan concubine Briseis, radiate more of that
indefinable something that floods men's brains with testosterone.
No, "Troy" is not your schoolteacher's version of the battle
between the Greeks and ...