alexander the great??

went to watch the premiere last night in school.. it was so exceedingly sad!! if you thought 'Troy' was bad.. then 'Alexander' is horrific!! dragged over two hours forty five minutes.. i am really disappointed in oliver stone, the camera work was weird, a lot of scenes did not have his 'touch'..

it proceeded to chronicle a very wimpy, mama's boy alexander.. well, were you taught in history class that alex was GAY?! yep, they showed him and his succession of lovers in all his homosexual glory. now i don't wanna sound all homophobic and all, but alex got showed up as a wuss, and very indecisive. by the time his conquests led him to india, not only were his generals telling him to turn back, so were most of the audience!! it was told in a very predictable flashback way, which also didn't come off well at all.. and the war scenes weren't too well done either..

colin farrell as alexander was quite average, angelina jolie as his mother olympias was good, as was val kilmer as philip the macedon, his father. anthony hopkins played old ptolemy in a role reminiscent of zorro.

fortune favors the bold, but not in this movie.. overall rating - 'C'