Alexander

Oliver Stone's work of love, Alexander, is an epic story, and I have to compare it to'Troy' and say that the latter is a much better movie, with richer characters, and though some people complained that Troy avoided the bisexuality of the men in those times (specially in the movie' hero Achilles), Alexander is over packed with it, taking it to a point where is actually laughable

Alexander The Great is played by Colin Farrell in an excellent performance that surpasses his work in this year's, and also gay themed, 'A Home at the End of the World', only because of Alexander's massiveness. And also about that movie, where they decided to cut the scene where Colin's dick is shown, they show it here, in the shadows but they do, though there's a much longer scene of nudity which I'll discuss later.

Angelina Jolie plays Alexander's mother Olympias. She wants the best for Alexander, which is of course the kingdom, and she'll do whatever for Alexander to get it, even if she ends up being hated by him. Angelina looks beautiful, she's not old enough to play a 20 year old's mother yet, but it really didn't bother me. She was good at it, except for her accent which took me a while to get comfortable with.

King Philip II of Macedon, and Alexander's father (though not his birth father) is portrayed by Val Kilmer in a very good performance. He's got a few great scenes of rage and drunkenness, and his eye (or lack of it) also takes a while to get comfortable with, and in close ups you can't take your eyes out of it, but it doesn't hurt the character either which is a good character.

Anthony Hopkins gets top billing in the movie but his part is very small. He plays Ptolemy in his older days (he was one of Alexander's companions), and he narrates the story.

The we have the two loves of Alexander's life, and I'm not talking about his mother and father, nor about his child, cause he didn't have any (well, he did have one, but he never met him cause the child was born after Alexander's death), I'm talking about his wife Roxane, a dancer he fell in love with while in Persia, and his friend Hephaistion who was the person who he loved the most.
Roxane is played by Rosario Dawson in an ok performance. She doesn't have much to do except to get naked, and we get a full nude from her. Didn't know she had such huge tits.
Jared Leto plays Hephaistion, and his performance is very good.

My problems with the movie are a few, starting with the whole bisexuality issue, because it really was too much. The way Alexander and Hephaistion looked at each other all the time had a gay way to it, and don't get me started with Alexander's not love of his life but sexual partner, the bathing boy. When Alexander and the whole group goes into the Persian Harem, the place it's full of women, and Alexander, being the King, gets first choice, but his eyes are not with the women, but with this guy that is later going to bathe him.
And all the other guys kiss every now and then too, and at the parties there are old guys spanking the younger ones, etc. Stone really went too far with it cause while it was true, it happened, he spent too much time showing it.

My other complain is the editing, and not the way the story went back and forth in the years, but specifically during the battles. The first one is also very similar to the Battle of Pelennor Fields in the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King in magnitude and style, only that more dirtier, but bad edited and choreographed. The second battle, which happens in the woods, is better but still has editing problems. Both battles have a very good deal of gore though.

Colin's work here is really Oscar worthy, it'd be great if he gets nominated, as well as Oliver Stone for his direction, because I don't think the movie will.