Sarcasm!

Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2005)

This was perhaps the most sarcastic movie I have ever seen--which made me absolutely adore it. I was about 3/4 through the movie before I realized this--prior to my realization, all I was taking from the movie was that Hephaestian (Jared Leto) was awesome (which wasn't enough to declare the movie "good"). This movie does not seem to be a glorification of Alexander at all. Rather, "Alexander" is an indictment.
Pretty much, the only reason I gave this movie a 9 rather than a 10 is this: Anthony Hopkin's History Channel delivery of his lines. I couldn't help but mock him a little while I was watching the movie and he droned on and on and on, interrupting the flow of the story... Then again, if we were all up on our ancient history, we probably wouldn't need a history recap.