Excellent movie

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2005)

I just saw the movie and thought that it was great. Stone could've done without the insisting on Alexanders alleged homosexuality but then again I'm not one to judge. As a Greek and as a school teacher I have to say that the movie for the most part is historically accurate and portrays the man not as a bloodthirsty conqueror but as a man with a dream. Western civilization would not be what it is without him today. I've also read a few posts by people calling themselves "Macedonians". The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a Slavic country to the North of Greece. They are in no way related to ancient Greek Macedonians as they are Slavs who came to the Balkans in the 7th century A.D whilst Alexander lived a thousand years before that. They now call themselves Macedonians for political reasons, mainly to maintain the unity of their country, composed of Slavs and a 30% minority of Albanians. Alexander was Greek. All inscriptions found in Macedonia from that time were Greek and the Greek language was transmitted throughout his empire. That' why the gospels were originally written in Greek.