Or how to rape history and make an awful film

Rating: 4/10 (10 December 2004)

Pity. Could have been nice.
If you think of something like "Gladiator", forget it. Boooring, boooring!! Only two battles, totally chaotic (there is some magic strategy behind the first, but with so poor implementation no one comprehends). Too many postprocessing effects, to hide low budget and minimal crew, that only leave a taste of violence.
Disgraces the personality of Alexander the Great, creating a focus on homosexuality an weaknesses (crying through half of the film, having abundant psychological problems and of course murdering several friends).
If anyone is interested, I strongly suggest reading Steven Pressfield "The virtues of war" for the real story of Alexander.
More disgraceful for Greece (cradle of democracy and civilization and blah blah ....) even than Troy (with Achilles being a brat and Greeks showing as total cannibals). I wonder. Is there a common reason for all that?