[sit-rep]

sorry... He came unglued...

[muawiyah]

Alexander's father was certainly homosexual, and Alexander may well have been ~ they forgot to write down that part ~ however, by the time he got to Afghanistan the elders there knew what that bad boy wanted, and needed, so they found him a wife who could ride a horse, pull a bow, and was flat chested.

Supposedly he was happily married ever after.

I didn't particularly like this movie because the directors appeared to have the idea that all the main characters should be portrayed as modern homosexuals who frequent gay bars in lower Manhattan.

[xJones]

If you want a lot of opinions, you can always read at IMDb.

I liked this from their quote section:)

Ptolemy: "It was said later that Alexander was never defeated in his lifetime, except by Hephaistion's thighs."

[PzLdr]

I tried to watch the 'diector's cut' [played down the homo angle] on HBO. I found the movie damn near incomprehensible, and I'm a student of military history. Almost makes the earlier attempt [with Richard Burton] and the TV series [starring William Shatner] high art. Oliver Stone[d] is an a*shole of staggering proportions...and conceit.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

Yes, he was. But, it all came about because of the ABSOLUTE POWER he obtained. He ended the life of anyone who vehemently disagreed with him. Philip of Macedon, his father, most notably. Remember the saying, Absolute power, corrupts absolutely...

[SunkenCiv]

Homosexuality was commonplace in the ancient world; in ancient Sparta it was compulsory. Alexander the Great massacred at least one entire town in Central Asia -- one filled with the descendants of Greeks who had been moved there by the Persians -- and killed a few of his closest associates and friends. I think his mind was a bit twisted; one author attributes his cruelty and unpredictability to alcoholism.

Mostly I think we can attribute Alexander's homosexuality to Oliver Stone.

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