Fortune Favors the Bold

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2004)

Ignore the critics, naysayers and homophobes.
There's one thing about this movie that makes it worth it to see: It is unique. Now, yeah- you might be saying the movie follows the "Hollywood Track" of boobs, bombs and brain matter- but it's not that simple. It is a richly visual masterpiece. It answers questions about Alexander's history that many are ignorant about, and it raises more questions. It is intelligently organized, deeply personal and is neither scattered, misguided nor disrespectful as has been portrayed by many professional critics.
Professional critics get paid for criticisms and dissecting formulae. Movie goers pay for entertainment and surprises. Already folks- there is a serious conflict of interest. Be your own critic.
When you see the movie and approach it with an open mind, you can see the Alexander Character's dream and you become personally tied to his successes and his failures. You want his dream to succeed. You want his enemies to fail. You want to see a man who is both pharaoh and king evolve into something magnificent. You see the respect the character has for civilizations older than his own, and you appreciate the contempt his detractors have for him due to their own material interests. You see his arrogance evolve to cast a shadow over his dream. You see him "die" (metaphorically) and be reborn to return to his senses. You see race hatred. You see a vision of utopia. You see appreciation for things different through the character's eyes.
The movie is superb. And I champion its writers, directors and especially its lead actors and actresses for giving me a very enjoyable Thanksgiving movie which will certainly be appreciated more in the future.
Fortune favors the bold. Be bold, ignore the critics, naysayers and homophobes- and go see history unfold.