Not the greatest, but intriguing

Rating: 7/10 (25 November 2004)

I usually don't do stuff like this - commenting about the movie, but I kind of find myself thinking about this one. First of all, I could say, not a bad movie, not the great(est), like Alexandros was, but worth seeing. I liked some Oliver Stone's older movies, but for this one we really needed someone with more guts - let's say maybe Ridley Scott, someone who wouldn't let his scenes to be deleted or omitted. Then, I have to critique some other things, and good comments will follow, I promise. Hollywood is going into the wrong direction. Yes, they are scared to show male-to-male love, like that is something unknown to human kind - well, maybe to Roman Catholic church mainstream, but apparently not for Ancient Greece. The homosexual scenes were ,actually, shown pretty tastefully, maybe for an PG-13 movie, but not what I would expect from rated R. And yes, it is OK to show a lust between two men, but when we come to the true love - no, no - a big no, no - ridiculous! It is just a love! What are we all afraid of! That wasn't me being original, just a quote. Also, I expected more metaphysical stuff in it, after all he (Alexander) was a Aristotle's pupil (Aristotle started it, I mean metaphysics) - but I just got some epic saga, butchered at the moments, not very well directed! OK, good, things, as I promised. Battles - very well done, and not going forever with exhausting flickering - at the end no one knows what is going on. Not very many of them, so great, great, great! The hawk - excellent symbol!!!! Not going to comment on meaning - I guess that is all individual. And the last, but not the least - Collin Farrell, - one of my least favorite actors, but that was a great job. Worth of such a name as Alexander the Great (Megalos Alexandros)! Thanks for reading.