Sue and I went and saw Alexander this weekend. I did not think it was possible to make a movie about one of the greatest military minds of this or any time boring, but Oliver Stone did a fine job doing just that.
My biggest beef with the movie is that it skips so many interesting things about his life. There are only two battle scenes: one in the very beginning and one at the very end of the movie. In between, the movie drags horribly. I saw Collin Farrel on Ellen yesterday saying the every scene in the movie is very emotional, and that is true. So much so that by the end you are thinking of Alexander not as the brilliant soldier that he was, but as a whinny, crying, little bitch.
The movie tries to paint Alexander's very bloody campaigns as little more than a side note through much of the movie. Instead, it portrays a message of politically correct tolerance for all in a time when such a concept was utterly foreign. It feels awkward and does not work in a lot of ways.
Other points:
- Yet another movie where armor of any sort serves no useful purpose.
- Angline Jolie is still a sexy bitch. Although she does spend the majority of this movie acting like the crazy chick the tabloids always make her out to be (no great stretch there).
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I would have to agree with Eric's assessment. There were plenty of sexy men to look at but Oliver Stone did make Alexander out to be a whiny bitch. Don't see it!
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