Amazing!

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2006)

Just saw this movie on DVD, I wish i had seen it in cinema, but i didn't because of all the idiots telling me that this is a bad movie! Those who don't like it say thats it is historically inaccurate, that Alexander was not gay or Colin Farrel didn't do a good job playing him etc.
After seeing the movie i did some research myself and found out that this actually is a very accurate depiction of Alexanders life, his times and his deeds. And Colin Farrel is becoming one of my favorite actors after seeing this and "The New World". The only problem i have is that they chose Angelina Jolie to play Alexanders mother, she looks way too young to fit the part.
Direction was superb, as well as the music and the war scenes. Val Kilmer was very good as King Phillip. What I loved about this movie is that it showed what could have driven Alexander to do what he did in a very emotional way. It doesn't show him as some tyrant who had no goal in mind but to plunder and conquer the world. We have no way of knowing what kind of person he was in real life, but this could very well be it.
It is very probable that he was bisexual, because that was the way of the Hellenistic culture in ancient times. Men were supposed to be with other men because women were evil. Women were only good for making children. I am not making judgment on them, only reporting some of what we know of these people and their culture.
It is a very good movie, and I really recommend it to everyone, especially if you like "Braveheart", "Ben-Hur" and "Gladior" type movies, and to anyone who is a fan of Alexander the Great.