Nice movie,but if you want Histroy better go read some book

Rating: 5/10 (2 July 2006)

I've just seen Alexander for the second time trying to avoid any emotional judgment and trying to be as fair as possible.My knowledge of history is on a good so i'll focus more on that point rather than the technical details of shooting that i'm not familiar with.
I understand that it's a movie so the lack of many historical events is normal. But there were two events that played a major role in Alexander's life and should be referred and these are the cut of the Gordian knot and the visit to the Aegyptian Priests in desert(there's only a small reference). There are some events that are wrong like that his horse died in battle rather than to age, i think the battle tactic that was used in Gavgamela was used in the battle of Granicus and that he went for swimming and then went sick rather than drinking in a fest while flirting to other men. And that's my second point.It's time for people to know that homosexuality existed in ancient Greece,but not in the terms of nowadays. Many times boys were given to men who taught them about life in many aspects or in some cities soldiers fought as pair during fights in order to have a stronger attention one to another.Anyways, that portrait of Alexander was not based in none historical reference but it's interpreted to today's terms. That goes a lot for the portraits of Olympias and Phillip, who is shown a as drunk, useless barbarian general, while on the contrary he was on of the aspirators of the unifying of Greece. And that thing with Olympias and the snakes in every shot of her?I honestly can't recall any reference that tells anything about it. A third point. In the movie it's being referred Macedonia and Greece. That's not quite correct cause Macedonia(which consisted of the area of Macedonia in Greece, parts of F.Y.R.O.M., Albania and Bulgaria) was part of the Greek nation, just like they were the Atheneans, the Spartans, the Thebeans etc. So why did they try to present like Macedonia is something different from Greece?I would like to remind you that Macedoneans spoke the same language, believed in the same Gods and considered themselves Greek-that's the whole point of the unified Greece. To sum up, i think that as a movie wasn't that bad-with nice direction,good photography and actors (except to Colin Farrel of course,cause he didn't look at all like Alexander who was short and very young- but as far as it concerns for the historic point of view i would suggest to better go and read Arrianus who is one of the best historians who describe Alexander's life.