HISTORICAL FACT???

Rating: Null/10 (1 December 2004)

I just saw the movie and was greatly disappointed by Stone's total lack of intuition as well as his BLATANT DISREGART for historical facts. Let me start with one of the main facts the movie seems to be stuck on, Alexander's "supposed" bisexuality. Where exactly did you discover that fact Mr. Stone? Where is the evidence in Alexander's historical portrait that he was in any way involved sexually with men, boys, whether passively or actively or in any way? Have you ever read PLUTARCH by any chance? And if you haven't where did you trust to collect your factual analysis from? I have to believe that either Stone has had wet dreams about doing it with Alexander or the other brilliant mind, Christopher Kyle or was it the "academic" Robin Lane Fox who is mainly responsible for the material from which the script came? It simply blows my mind, how someone can base what they call a biographical, historical epos on some arbitrary choices hoping that a little controversy might sell a bit more. Well, unfortunately not even controversy can save this movie as it turned out to be utterly boring, misleading, confusing and overall presenting the greatest warrior of all time as a disgustingly whimsical figure who was torn over every single decision he had to make throughout his life. And why didn't the most famous story of Alexander's spirit and personality, the GORDIAN KNOT, was never mentioned Mr. Stone? Maybe because that would ruin your totally gay depiction of the Great Warrior as it clearly shows his directness and resolve in everything he did throughout his mythical life. The only disastrous thing the movie didn't do is make Alexander to be a Slav as this is another moronic propaganda that is trying to infiltrate the brainless American masses these days. God help us for what will protect us if we can't even remember the truth in our own history? George Orwell is what comes to mind...