Will they in Hollywood ever do their homework?

Rating: 1/10 (29 November 2004)

It's a miserable failure.
If Mr. Stone, as he himself has said it, was interested in Alexander's life, why not study it? We know comparatively more about Alexander than almost any other ancient historical figure; there are numerous monographs and even good fiction works about the Macedonian available ... why not just read it, or at least ask for a good digest? Didn't Mr. Stone have enough money to pay a couple of university professors? They could at least have pointed to him how hoplites' shields looked like in a phalanx ...
May be it would be better if Mel Gibson was director: HIS Alexander would at least have tried to speak Greek ...