Wonderful Epic- sit back, watch, and enjoy

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2005)

Wonderful thought-provoking large scale epic. I had very little knowledge of Alexander, I just watched the movie for pure enjoyment. I was not disappointed. I tell friends, just sit back, get a tray full of snacks, popcorn, and coffee and enjoy! The movie was about 65% battle scenes, campground discussion, battle preparation, and moving speeches to the troops. The rest of the movie gave background story, Angelie Jolie's behind-the-scenes encouragements, evil doings of the family, etc. The battle scenes were awesome, I have never seen anything like this in my life. You could see how the Greeks fought hand to hand with sometimes no more than a spear and a shield. Hardly anybody was on horseback except the leaders. It was rough and violent to the max. The soldiers were so brave and actually some of them were very old. It really makes you think about modern warfare when you see this type of fighting. It was different than Troy with Brad Pitt.