02-26-2007, 01:33 AM
Humanising him is all well and good, I applaud the idea, as he was a man. It was, however, poorly executed. If you want to see a good humanization of Alexander, then read "Virtues of War" by Steven Pressfield. It may paint a little too good a picture of Alexander, but it doesn't completely gloss over all his negative aspects. Certainly, the way Pressfield went about making Alexander into a real person was what should have been done in the film.
I for one don't think that focusing on his ambiguous relationship with Haephaestion is all it takes to humanize him.
By the way, I love the irony that the Greeks were upset about how Alexander was portrayed in the film, when in his own time, the Greeks hated him deeply. "Woe are the dangers I must face for a good name in Athens."
I for one don't think that focusing on his ambiguous relationship with Haephaestion is all it takes to humanize him.
By the way, I love the irony that the Greeks were upset about how Alexander was portrayed in the film, when in his own time, the Greeks hated him deeply. "Woe are the dangers I must face for a good name in Athens."
Marshal White
aka Aulus FABULOUS 8) <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" />8) . . . err, I mean Fabius
"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
- Pericles, Son of Athens
aka Aulus FABULOUS 8) <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_cool.gif" alt="8)" title="Cool" />8) . . . err, I mean Fabius
"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
- Pericles, Son of Athens
