I'm not expecting much from Alexander but I will see it for the heck of it.
I'm a sucker for the ancient genre.
Good luck with Helen Thomas then. LOL
Stone has annoyed me too much. I like Val Kilmer, but my disgust with Stone has turned me away from this movie.
Aside from the fact "Troy" stood Homer on his ear- Menelaus dies in the movie, survived in the book, Achilles died before the Trojan Horse, not after, Ajax survived the siege-died shortly afterwords, Agamemnon was killed by his wife when he got home, not by some Trojan chiquita in the smoldering ruins,aside from the fact that Brad Pitt confused the Homerian description of Achilles "sulking" for the Achaen Greek word for "pouting", and despite the fact that the Greeks at Troy did not engage in hoplite/phalanx warfare, and that Homer's siege lasted ten years, not ten days- it wasn't bad.
My wife and I were two. You will find yourself bored beyond belief. We would look at each other and mouth (quietly) "Blah, blah, blah" for there is an enormous amount of boring speech in this movie. If you cut out the gratutitus gay-love scenes, the movie would utterly bore you to tears, this movie literally has NO redeeming qualities. It's simply a lousy, rotten, boring, stupid movie. I wouldn't even recommend it as a rental.
Now, it's your money, so go if you like. I'd suggest a matinee; and bring along a book to read. This movie makes competitive tiddly-winks seem like breath of fresh air. On the other hand, my wife and I both enjoyed Troy.
I, Claudius is on sale at Amazon.com for $67.49 with free shipping.
"Do you like gladiator movies, Timmy?"