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'Alexander': A Crying Sham (Oliver Stone's "Alexander" a bisexual crybaby)
Washington Post ^
| 11/24/04
| Stephen Hunter
Posted on 11/24/2004 4:10:44 AM PST by jalisco555
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Oh, well, another one to skip this season. Too bad, this might have been interesting.
To: jalisco555
Too bad, this might have been interesting.But its got Angelina Jolie (replete with snake)! What am I missing?
To: jalisco555
Just rename the movie to: "Alexander the Fabulous".
If we are lucky this will be Oliver Stone's last movie.
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:14:08 AM PST
by
RtWngr
(Being tolerant of the intolerant is pretty stupid actually.)
To: jalisco555
Oliver Stone directed it. Enough reason to skip it.
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:14:19 AM PST
by
kb2614
( You have everything to fear, including fear itself. - The new DNC slogan)
To: agere_contra
Yes, but playing the mother?
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:17:37 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(Arm Tibet)
To: agere_contra
Legend has it that Alexander's father sneaked a peek at his wife (Alexander's mother)and found her in bed fondeling a snake. It turned him off of her for life. She was supposed to have been a real conniving shrew, telling Alexander that Philip was NOT his father, as she was impregnated by a God.
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:18:01 AM PST
by
Dudoight
To: jalisco555
Alexander's great love was said to be Hephaistion, who is played in the film by Jared Leto, but unless you know Jared Leto by face, even late in the movie you'll have no idea which one he was. I thought he was this other guy, equally handsome, equally vapid, equally unmemorable, whom Alexander prongs with a spear in a drunken rage late in the movie. But that was some other guy. For a minute, I thought I was reading a Mark Steyn review (Ultimate Compliment!)
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:18:54 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(The whole world has gone crazy. Their beebers are stuned and there's no turning back.)
To: jalisco555
Oliver Stone movies seem to reshape history to fit his fantasies, which in my view, are all neurotic.
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:24:45 AM PST
by
yoe
To: Tax-chick
I'm currently reading Steven Pressfield's "The Virtue of War" which is a fictional autobiography of Alexander. Very interesting and would make a terrific movie. It looks like Stone's flick is like "Troy", another wasted opportunity.
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:41:24 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." W. B. Yeats)
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To: jalisco555
Put in a couple of scenes of Alexander spearing SUVs, during a tidal wave that swamps New York city while a gay couple swaps spit during a wedding ceremony under a poster stating that Bush is Hitler.
And rename the movie "Attack of the $6 Frappuccinos Sipping Killer Metrosexuals."
That should attract the Michael Moore crowd..
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:43:18 AM PST
by
sergeantdave
(More liberal turkeys will be steamed this month than real turkeys baked.)
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To: agere_contra
But its got Angelina Jolie (replete with snake)! What am I missing? It's all fun and games until someone puts out an eye ...
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:48:29 AM PST
by
spodefly
(I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
To: jalisco555
In Stone's view...Send him home with Chomsky. The two can swap views with eachother.
Nothing to waste any money on, that's for sure.
To: jalisco555
I have "Alexander of Macedon," by Peter Green. It's quite a story!
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:51:38 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(The whole world has gone crazy. Their beebers are stuned and there's no turning back.)
To: RtWngr
Just rename the movie to: "Alexander the Fabulous". LOL! Thanks for my first laugh of the day!
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:52:47 AM PST
by
livius
To: jalisco555
What is a fictional autobiography? Isn't that an oxymoron? Fiction is fiction, isn't it. Always thought this was a notion that was floated a few years back by left wing revisionists would-be historians. But hey, what do I know!
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:53:40 AM PST
by
ananda
To: spodefly
Headlights aside, I think the "tattoo with evening gown" look just radiates class.
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:55:53 AM PST
by
Jhensy
To: ananda
What is a fictional autobiography?
My life - BJ Clinton, available at your local bookstore
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:57:09 AM PST
by
William of Orange
(For sale: da plan, as good as new, make an offer!)
To: agere_contra
"....Then there's Angelina Jolie as Mom. Really, words fail me here. But let's try: Give this young woman the hands-down award for best impression of Bela Lugosi while hampered by a 38-inch bust line."
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posted on
11/24/2004 4:58:50 AM PST
by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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