Conquer your... fear of this movie

[HaemishM]

Oliver Stone's Alexander just released a trailer.

Now, I like Colin Farrell. But am I the only one who cringes at him in this trailer? Am I the only one who thinks this is going to suck? I just do not buy Farrell as Alexander. He doesn't have the Greek God good looks that I'm expecting, or the sophisticated look I expect from Alexander. He just doesn't look or sound the part.

And since Oliver Stone is barely qualified to direct a bad music video, how bad do you think this will be?

REAL. REAL. BAD.

[daveNYC]

You just have a nose for pain.

[Furiously]

I'd rather see Will Ferrel at least he has more then either having his eyes wide open looking scared or scowling looking ticked off.

[Paelos]

Well, you have to hand it to the movie companies, just when I thought they'd run out of comics to bastardize, they just start throwing their full unholy weight into ruining epics.

I may never go to the theater again.

[Furiously]

This is what you get for watching Gladiator over and over again...

I have no sympathy.

[Big Gulp]

As soon as I heard that Oliver Stone was directing I knew it'd be a pile of shit.  As far as Colin Farrell, I also doubt that he's right for the part.  The problem is that Alexander died damned young, so you need someone in their 20's/early 30's to play the part.  That rules out most of the actors that could carry the weight of the role.  In my opinion Jude Law would probably be their best bet.  Yeah, he doesn't look Greek, but then Alexander wasn't a Greek, he was a Macedon (Bosnia/Herzegovina area).

[Paelos]

Well if they were going for Greek looking they missed the boat with an Irish dude.

[Arcadian Del Sol]

Jaqiun (sp) Phoenix with a bleach job should have done the job. He's perfect for it.

Ferrel is too female for this role.

[schild]

Well, I mean it does have Hannibal Lecter. That's good for something, right?

[HaemishM]

Hell, Kilmer would have been a better fit for Alexander. Jude Law, though I'm not all that hip on him, would have been a better choice look-wise.

Farrell makes a better savage than civilian.

[schild]

I'm not so sure. We don't have any Greek God types in the industry anymore. I mean back in the day Cary Grant could've taken that role in the blink of an eye. Today, not so much.

Unfortunately epic = money, big actors = money, so what's that? Money * Money = MONEYZ. Oh NOES, the taste of America is at steak. Bleh.

[Sky]

Alexander to the troops: "WE'RE GOING STREEEEAKING!!!!11!!"

[MrHat]

I think I might of died if Will Farrell had made a cameo.

[Teleku]

I wonder if they're going to leave out the parts where Alexander had homosexual relations with his buddies.  I kind of laughed when the preview said "Lover" and showed a girl.

[Big Gulp]

I wonder if they're going to leave out the parts where Alexander had homosexual relations with his buddies.  I kind of laughed when when the preview said "Lover" and showed a girl.

Well, if they were going for authenticity they'd pretty much need to slap an NC-17 on it; except for a breastplate the Greeks were practically naked from the waist down when they went into battle.

But yeah, they should include the homosexual aspect to it, the love of his life was basically his man-servant/slave.  Unfortunately, actually showing that part of antiquity would squick out too many dudes and be box office poison.

[stray]

I wonder if they're going to leave out the parts where Alexander had homosexual relations with his buddies.  I kind of laughed when the preview said "Lover" and showed a girl.

Really. I know it sounds ridiculous box-office-wise, but I think Alan Cumming would have been a better choice. Agreed on Jude Law too. Not very many fit the role of megalomaniacal king/homosexual like those two, without appearing weak or "frolicking" like the term "fag" usually suggests. I think it's about that time when Colin Farrell just goes away. Maybe this film will do it.

[SirBruce]

I wonder if they're going to leave out the parts where Alexander had homosexual relations with his buddies.  I kind of laughed when the preview said "Lover" and showed a girl.

Alexander was bisexual.

Alexander married several princesses of former Persian territories: Roxana of Bactria; Statira, daughter of Darius III; and Parysatis, daughter of Ochus. However his greatest emotional attachment is generally considered to have been to his companion, and possibly lover, Hephaestion. He also took as lover one of Darius' minions, the eunuch Bagoas, as Plutarch tells us. Roxana eventually gave birth to the boy Alexander IV "Aegus", putatively his son.

Bruce

[Big Gulp]

Alexander was bisexual.

Alexander married several princesses of former Persian territories: Roxana of Bactria; Statira, daughter of Darius III; and Parysatis, daughter of Ochus. However his greatest emotional attachment is generally considered to have been to his companion, and possibly lover, Hephaestion. He also took as lover one of Darius' minions, the eunuch Bagoas, as Plutarch tells us. Roxana eventually gave birth to the boy Alexander IV "Aegus", putatively his son.

Bruce

I seriously doubt the bisexual angle, those marriages were undoubtedly for political/dynastic gain, and not because he felt any kind of burnin' love for the ladies.  When you're an emperor you need an heir, so he probably did what he had to do to make that happen.

This is all academic anyway, no one will ever know for certain but every account I've ever read about Alexander doesn't exactly point to him being a raging ladykiller.

[HaemishM]

Whether Alexander was flamingly gay or ambiguously bisexual, neither would play in an Oliver Stone movie, despite being a part of the truth. Teh fags don't draw boffo box office from hetero men.  

Cummings would have been a great Alexander, as he's one of the most chameleon-like actors I've ever seen. He's just able to play such a range of roles, and he could look the part.

[Arcadian Del Sol]

Whether Alexander was flamingly gay or ambiguously bisexual, neither would play in an Oliver Stone movie, despite being a part of the truth. Teh fags don't draw boffo box office from hetero men.  

Cummings would have been a great Alexander, as he's one of the most chameleon-like actors I've ever seen. He's just able to play such a range of roles, and he could look the part.

Nevermind the fact that none of his movies ever deal with true, real, historical events. His movies are on the same level as the Chronicles of Narnia as far as fantasy adventure stories go.

[daveNYC]

Alexander was part of the military-industrial group that killed JFK.