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Rating: Null/10 (22 November 2004)

Now really...could anyone really expect this film to be a helluva lot better than Troy?
In its defense, the producers had the presence of mind to nab Anthony Hopkins in order to give the movie some credibility, and not lay the whole burden on an Irish Alexander and a pouty-lipped MILF who spends her spare time collecting Billy Bob Thornton's blood.
As for the Oliver Stone and "gay" comments; first, Oliver Stone's last hit was probably "Any Given Sunday," which was recent enough. I know, he's never really directed a large-scale epic, but neither had Peter Jackson before LOTR (come on...have any of you SEEN "Dead Alive" or "Meet the Feebles?"). A gamble worth taking, in my mind. Lastly, there was just as much evidence to suggest that Alexander was gay as he was straight, so its credible. Remember also that boundaries of sexuality in these times were not so rigidly defined as today. There really was no "gay" or "straight." It was pretty much "horny" or "castrated."