Good movie, but a bit confusing

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2005)

The movie, in my personal opinion, is great, but it causes confusion in some parts.
Number One:
I don't think that there was any real form of love between hephitsion and Alexander. they had a friendship that was pure, it was a love that would be shared between two brothers. I think that it exists today but guys like that are more prone to slap each other on the back, punch each others shoulders and watch football. less likely to hug and kiss on the cheek. However, i was curious as they entered the harem of the old king and the man who was no-question-about-it gay, seemed to share a moment between alex. And even more alarmed when they had sex in the middle of the movie. But it think it was just the directors way of showing the sexual freedom of ancient Greece. They call the Persians barbaric and themselves classy but they still have homosexual public displays. Alexanders sexuality is questioned further in the movie but it left up to the viewer to decide just whats going on.
Number two: Olympias (angelina Jolie, alex's mother, is questioned about the murder of his dad Philip (val kilmer). Apparently, he had a second wife who had a son. Olympias believed that Philip would make that child his heir, send Alexander on some impossible mission where he'd die, and have herself killed. So it's questionable whether or not she paid for the assassination or if it was done by the king of Persia, as rumored. I personally think that it wasn't her. the look on her face showed distress at first, until of course she realizes that her son is the new king.
there are more situations but you'll have to watch the movie to see for yourself ! :D~ Alexander is a great movie and i recommend you to see it.