Enjoyable film

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2005)

I went to see Alexander. with my husband, I am very interested in history, my husband,NOT.My preferred reading is something in History, Faction, but not Barbara Cartland's style . Though I do not like Colin Farrell. I thought that he made a very good Alexander, I know that they always juggle with history in films, but I thought that they could have filmed in a more straight forward way. Jumping years, skipping whole chunks of his life, made it confusing, The idea of the young Alexander speaking with the same accent was good and getting his looks the same. The elephant V's the horse scene was brilliant. And Angelina as his Mum was a good bit of casting. I go to see films to enjoy them...I do not go to see fluff. Going back to the old films i.e. Ben Hur, they were all so clean. plenty of blood and dirt in Alexander, and more realism.......History is not neat, tidy, or clean......