What I felt personally about the film.

Rating: Null/10 (13 January 2005)

I saw this film yesterday with my daughter and the feeling we both had was that for those unfamiliar with the history of Alexander the Great this film could prove to be a little confusing. I had no problem with the relationship portrayals in the film. People forget that this was set in a pre-Christian era in which sexual mores were different, plus if they were to read the ancient accounts it was acknowledged practise for a Greek warrior to take a male lover (e.g. study the history of the Spartans, amazingly tough warriors). I do feel though that more should have been shown with regard to Alexander's campaign and less on the relationships he had, as what he had achieved was incredible. Unfortunately my daughter, who is not a student of ancient history, found it difficult to follow elements of the film as they didn't seem to tie in or make sense to her, and we didn't like some aspects of the filming e.g. the excessive 'camera shake' during some of the scenes was frustrating. The soundtrack drowned out essential parts of the dialogue which didn't help at all but I don't know if that was the fault of the theatre where we saw the film or was intentional by the film makers. Other than that it was a good film.