This is not Alexander nor is it Great

Rating: 1/10 (17 May 2006)

This is a shining example of what a movie about Alexander the Great should not be. Yes, men in those times were all bisexual, didn't matter if it was woman or man, it was simply love. Yes, Alexander's personal life must of been tumultuous. But this is not what I want in a film about the possibly history's greatest military leader I want Alexander the Great, not Alexander the wimpy, oedipal crybaby. I want to see his tactical genius, his charisma, his bravery. I don't want to see him cry after Guagalamela, what should of been an uplifting and heroic victory. And another thing, why were there only 2 battles in a movie about a great conqueror? Where was Chaeronea, Granicus, Issus, Tyre? Where was the river at Hydaspes? And on that note, the Battle of the Hydaspes River was a thrilling victory for the Macedonians, not a bloody near-defeat, nor was Alexander wounded and his horse killed at Hydaspes. Bucephalus died shortly afterwords of weariness and old age And what's with this Oedipus Complex? Alexander didn't have incestuous tension with his mother, that's just prime choice, grade A BS! He conquered the known world because of his ambition and his will to be remembered for all eternity, like his idol, Achilles. Not because he was afraid of his mother! I don't need to know about Alexander's sex life, a movie about a man like this should be about his achievements, not about who he had sex with! This is not Alexander and it certainly is not great!