Blazingly Hot Cream of the Crop!

Rating: Null/10 (15 September 2005)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this film! It's rough, raw, & heartwrenching, elaborately thought out & deeply layered with profound & eloquent philosophical symbolism concerning the contradictory dualities found in nature, love, warfare, religion, lust, loyalty, family, identity, fate, free-will, & life purpose. It is lush with gorgeous sweeping camera-work, creative & intensely shot hand-to-hand & calvary battles, & stunning realistically raging dialog. The passionate Bactrian & Persian dancers & Indian war elephants ignite the film with exotic splendor.
Oliver stone synthesized every conflicting ethical, mythical, & familial influence that would have played on Alexader's blazingly hot passionate brain, & showed him agonizing to reconcile so many deeply powerful & volatile Promethian desires for the ultimate hope & betterment of mankind, driving him to the brink of insanity as he plunged forward into history, forever seeking glory yet running from his demons. I found this film to be like nothing I've EVER seen before-- and yet still deeply human & incredibly true to representing every single historically relevant point of view of the time-- mutually exclusive views with which Alexander wrestled so fierely. I'm appalled & disgusted by the negative & simplistic reviews of the film from people who can't grasp what this film is saying on so many levels. This is a divine gem, beyond the reach of those who were expecting a simple warrior's action flick. It's not a film for the simple-minded. This is absolute & pure genius, tip of the top, cream of the crop regardless of any irrelevant & minor pacing "flaws."