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Don Breezio:
my thoughts on the movie were pretty similar to sikotics....it was way too long....my thoughts on the bisexual crap though are a little different

i felt like there was a lot of homosexual stuff....but it was a big part of the story....without that it wouldn't have accurately told the story....they did actually talk about his first wife a tiny bit (you may not have caught it)....his first wife was a couple years before (right around the time he became king i believe)....and somebody (can't remember who) had her and his 1st born son assassinated.

now think about this....he had 3 wives....but if they would've showed more of his life (wives and children) the movie would've been even longer....and thats definitely something i wouldnt want to happen....the movie really should've been about 2 hours or so...

the homo stuff really didnt bother me that much because they really didnt show anything....there was a few scenes of dialogue...alexander professing his love for that other dude....and 1 scene where he kissed that guy that looked like a girl....but for the most part they didnt make it too graphic and they didnt leave out too much....it was pretty accurate from what i remember from my humanities class...

on the upside...angelina jolie did a good job, colin farrel did too actually....i thought val kilmer did an awesome job as philip...he was probably my favorite character.

bez:
This movie has flopped big time by the way.

Cost something like 135 million to make and so far its only made about 30 mil back.

eS El Duque:
i saw it

I loved the fighting scenes and stuff..especially the war in India with the elephants..greater than any lord of the rings scene lol  ;D

Trauma-san:
Shitty movie.  I love movies, but I didn't love this one, several reasons why.

The first reason is: Colin Ferrell doesnt' adequately support the Alexander character.  Earlier this year, Brad Pitt played Achilles in Troy, and did the role well, because he can support a mythical legend like that.  In modern America, Brad Pitt is every bit as famous as Achilles is.  So it works.  Colin Ferrel doesn't fill the boots of Alexander at all, he doesn't have the presence, and he doesn't have the weight an actor would need to do this role... which could POSSIBLY be overlooked, if it wasn't for....


Angelina Jolie, who is probably the most beautiful woman in the world (after watching this movie).  If she's not "The", she's "One of The".  She's only in a few scenes, but with even a few minutes on screen, TOTALLY outshines Ferrell, and upstages him in his own fucking movie.  When you're sitting around wondering when the next time you get to see Angelina is, and ignoring Colin on screen... there's something wrong.

Also, Val Kilmer, as Alexander's dad, was a much weightier and heavier figure than Colin, again fucking up the whole point of the movie.  Alexander isn't the 'great' whenever both of his parents are more interesting, more famous, and stronger than he is.  HORRIBLE casting job, if you ask me.

All the gay shit about turned my stomach.  I don't mind them mentioning it, but all these fuckin' "I Love you" scenes with him and his boyfriend were disgusting.  Sorry, that's just how I felt.  In the movie, he talks to his wife in 1 scene... and talks to his boyfriend throughout the entire movie.  Urrrgh. 

Finally, it was just boring.  Most of it was about his romantic life, and his gay romantic life at that.  There weren't even many war scenes.  Blahghghgh.  Don't pay to see it. 

Sikotic™:
I agree that Colin Farrel wasn't the best pick for Alexander. I just don't know who could have taken his place.

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