Review of Alexander (1996) by Stuart M — 18 Jul 2014
The Final Cut of this film manages to correct a lot of errors in what was cinematically a rather lopsided and overedited work. To start with it is no longer afraid to deal with Alexander's attraction to Hephaistion somewhat instead of simply relying on long and cheesy shots of them staring at each other.
The film is still lacking in a real connection to any of the characters or the feeling of an adventure story (telling the film from Alexander's view while giving the narration to Ptolemy is just absurd) but it manages to be entertaining and watchable.
This film isn't for everyone and will probably bore people endlessly who are uninterested in Classical soap opera, but it manages to be quite rewarding for a Classical history buff or anyone interested in slightly more realistic costume dramas.
And for everyone involved it does feature the single greatest (and most accurate) ancient battle scene put on film.
This review of Alexander (1996) was written by Stuart M on 18 Jul 2014.
Alexander has generally received mixed reviews.
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