I finally saw the movie Troy the other day. I am usually irritated by movies based on books, especially those based loosely on books. Troy was an exception. Beautifully shot and costumed, this is a real winner of a movie. I thought the knife sex scene Brad Pitt’s Achilles engaged in was one of the hottest love scenes ever captured on film. I don’t recall Briseis being such a pivotal character in the book, but I certainly enjoyed Rose Byrne’s portrayal of the priestess of Apollo being seduced by Achilles. Diane Kruger’s Helen seemed less convincingly passionate and just less convincing in general. Perhaps this was simply because, although she is a former top fashion model, she is not an actress. Director Wolfgang Petersen’s decision to have one of the most beautiful women in the world gain fifteen pounds to play the role of Helen also seems ill-advised. If her face could launch quite that many magazine covers, maybe it should have been left as it was to launch a thousand ships. Also that knife sex scene with Brad Pitt was hot. Hotter than Thelma & Louise hot. That’s how hot.
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