Much Better than I was led to believe.

Rating: 8/10 (30 January 2005)

Okay so this is not a perfect movie, Alexander did so much there were always going to be things that would be left out. Cutting the Gordian knot for example and his early battles before Darius. But what is there is pretty accurate, for more so than the farcical and insulting Troy that came out early last year, Alexander does not shy away from either his bisexuality or from using the language of its age. The Production values are very high, and once again the people choosing the Oscars haven't the faintest idea what they're doing. Alexander, whose costumes were accurate gets overlooked, while Troy which uses costumes from completely the wrong era gets a nomination?!?! This could have been a better movie, but what we got was stirring anyhow. 8/10