Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2004)

Considering the enormous life that Stone and his people had to tackle and portray with this film, I can hail them in doing an absolutely brilliant job. Obviously, Stone had to cut out and leave out a large amount, which might lead to some confusion concerning the story for those that sadly enough are not educated enough to know and accept the life of one of the greatest men that has ever lived. But Oliver Stone did a sincere job to try to portray this man who has inspired so many throughout the centuries (now millenia).
Also, I'd like to add, despite the negative reviews, especially about the acting (even in the new york times), that have been made for this film, the only way to really understand the story is by studying it thoroughly. BUT, watching this film is a well worth short cut. I think that the performances were brilliant. Especially that of Colin Farrell, who portrayed Alexander, with all his youthful vigour and emotional complexity, marvelously. Although I got that he really worked his best to understand and love Alexander just by seeing him in the film, his interview (alongside Oliver Stone and Angelina Jolie) with Charlie Rose on PBS fully convinced me. Farrell became Alexander.
Stone and Farrell (and the rest of the crew) have given back to us the magic of greatness that can so easily be lost in this modern commercially driven society (which has dire effects on our level/intensity of education among other things). Alexander can inspire us to achieve greatness once again.