A true hero and leader of men

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2005)

I have always been a great admirer of Alexander, a man of great talent, fortitude and charisma. I have read countless books on the man and feel that if you look at his life as a whole this film covers about 5% of his life. Whilst most people feel that his relationship with Hephaistion was not covered fully, I feel that it concentrated too much on this relationship along with his relationship with his mother. Agreed this is what made him the man he was but this could have been covered in about 20 minutes of the film. The man lead a nation to greatness and all we can talk about was his sexual preferences, WHO CARES!!! homosexuality is a 19th - 20th century word, back then it just was.
Anyway I digress where was the talk of the relationship with his generals? They cavort as though old friends, I know why but the film does not show the length to which his generals / friends went to to stay together during his exile a point which so easily could have been added thus showing the esteem and loyalty he gained from his men. At one point in his life it seemed there was nothing he couldn't achieve, I felt nothing of this from the film.
I felt like I waited forever for this film and felt cheated. Alexanders feats and achievements deserved so much more.