Great battle scenes

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2004)

The problem is how to deal with historic figures. Represent them in a way that is appealing to the public so the movie will sell, or tell the story the way you want. Make a Hollywood movie or an independent one. I think Stone tried to do both. He made a Hollywood epic and an honest portrait of Alexander the Great, but narrowed down the the character of Alexander to a one dimensional person. He followed the historians of Alexander but added unimportant and lengthy scenes with his mother. The outcome is an unbalanced big and honest movie with some of the best battle scenes we have ever see. Colin Farrel and Antony Hopkins are excellent as well as the rest of the Macedonian generals, but the face of Darious loosing the battle is something to be remembered. Great work on sets and costumes.