[muawiyah]

Now that was definitely wrong ~ not because the homosexual behavior was wrong but because Alexander and all his friends were, first of all, some really tough soldiers.

I doubt there was any effeminancy in any of them at any time. Definitely rough trade all the way around.

[sit-rep]

I would agree again with you. I am a movie watcher so I must bring up Troy in relation to this one. I thought the scenes of war in that movie may have been a little closer to the reality of things as they were. The battle scenes in Alexander were indeed soft, but that may have to do with budgeting and Hollywood's unspoken acknowledgment of sluggish returns for gay scenes in movies...