Beautiful, and Not Just Colin

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2004)

An all around beautifully done film. There has been so much negative press about this film, but it truly serves it's purpose, to portray one of the most powerful and enigmatic men in history. The writer should be appreciated for his use of poetic license in depicting what would have had to have been an eccentric, power hungry megalomaniac. Even the sexuality, which has been criticized relentlessly, was beautifully done. Lest this Christian-centric society forget, Alexander was a pagen and lived in a culture where bi-sexuality was frequent if not almost normal. It is ridiculous to assign western conservative morals to this movie.
Angelina Jolie was sensuous, mysterious and dogmatic and was a perfect choice to play Olympias. Colin Farrell was simply beautiful and we only needed to see more of him. Pish Posh to all the critics out there who poo pooed this movie-it was what a historical epic movie should be. Long, drawn out with great scenery and a beautiful hero. I wish it had been 2 hours longer.