I could only stick watching it once, and I almost wish I hadn't. I don't blame you for falling asleep: I can't believe how boring they managed to make genuinely exciting moments like the Battle of Issus. They didn't have any dramatic build-up: one moment we were watching kid Alexander and the we were int he middle of a battle. It was impossible to know how important and vital and exciting that moment should have been without any explanation or build-up. I'm amazed anyone who hadn't read about Alexander could even understand the film, it was so fragmentary.
I think the angry Classics student escaped there! And I'm going to do Classics in university, so I'm just going to get more rabid... :)
I did like some of it for the same reason you did: I liked being able to connect stuff with the things I already knew. But honestly. You'd have to be insane to cast Farrell as a king. He can do scoundrel, or villain, maybe, but dynamic ruler???
Hee! I love sordid human history being equivalent to mid-morning soaps. He must just love the Romans. And the entire history of British monarchy. What's the bet that he secretly coaches historical figures so they do get those nifty last words?
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Date: 2007-08-30 01:42 pm (UTC)I think the angry Classics student escaped there! And I'm going to do Classics in university, so I'm just going to get more rabid... :)
I did like some of it for the same reason you did: I liked being able to connect stuff with the things I already knew. But honestly. You'd have to be insane to cast Farrell as a king. He can do scoundrel, or villain, maybe, but dynamic ruler???
Hee! I love sordid human history being equivalent to mid-morning soaps. He must just love the Romans. And the entire history of British monarchy. What's the bet that he secretly coaches historical figures so they do get those nifty last words?