Well...That's inturesting

Rating: 8/10 (28 November 2004)

What can you say about this movie? I went with a friend of mine who is as deep a critic as I am and we drew these conclusions:
One: The movie was good despite the VERY prevalent homosexual undertones. Throughout its 3 hour entirety of the movie we got one gay glance and smile after another, finally followed up by the Great Alexander Kissing an Indian Male Belly Dancer.
Two: They had Braveheart worthy material to work with but they botched it with making the movie almost all about his Homosexuality. If they would have focused on Alexander's trials and tribulations more than his affection for the young boys it could have been a much better movie.
Three: We were disgruntled because there was a small appearance by Aristotle. ARI-FREEKING-STOTLE! The greatest mind of ancient Greece, and what words of wisdom do we get from this man whose mind has influenced generations of people in science, literature, the performing arts and more? We get a 2 minute conversation about homosexuality. If we have Aristotle in a movie I want him to say something profound, not something to foreword the director's agenda (by the way I think this was Oliver stone's way of coming out).
Four: Wrong battles. The battles featured were shown accurately, but they just showed the wrong ones. Walking around the Indian Jungles and into Mountains of snow is not near as exciting as the Siege of Athens and Sparta would have been.
Five: Saving grace is the Music... if anything was Braveheart caliber it was the music. Loved it.