less Jolie please, more Jared!

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2004)

This movie needs a lot less Jolie and a lot more Jared. Stone leaves out a lot of Alexander's most interesting bits: his trips to Delphi and Ammon, his trips to Egypt, the death of Darius, the Gordian knot, his 13 day orgy with the Amazons (those one breasted hellcats who wanted to get pregnant by Alexander), the burning of Persepolis - instead he wastes time with Alexander's parents - both Jolie & Kilmer are way over the top. Jared Leto was wasted as Alexander's significant other Hyphestian- he gets less screen time than Alexander's horse Bocephalus - the other great love of his life. The battle scenes are grade A - although I think Darius also had elephants in his arsenal - not just the Indians. Colin is adequate but he's no Russell Crow. I'm curious if Leonardo DiCaprio will do a better job.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------