read a book

Rating: 1/10 (9 January 2005)

Read a book. "The Search for Alexander" by Lane Fox, Robin. 1st ed. 1980, Little, Brown & Co. (Canada) Ltd. ISBN 0-316-29108-0. Oliver Stone probably did so anyone wants to challenge his view could at least start with one book. My vote is awful not based on historical accuracy or Stones interpretation but just the way the film was made. In my humble opinion poor dialog, soap-opera acting and bad cuts/editing. All resulting in a low budget presentation that doesn't do justice to an epic story. Troy perhaps wasn't entirely faithful to the Iliad but didn't purport to be grandiose. Anyway, if you can afford the ticket price it wouldn't hurt to see it - at least its based on a true story, history largely being ignored in current pop culture.