Alexander

ChewieTobbacca · 11-17-2004, 11:34 PM

I got back from an advance sneak peek and all I can say is...

Save yourself your money and don't watch this piece of shit. Its one thing to be 3 hours long and its another to be borderline gay porno.

After watching it I will have to watch 10 straight hours of porno to redeem myself. Halfway through you will want to gouge your eyes out like Oedipus did.

I guarantee it.

Ham n Cheese · 11-17-2004, 11:51 PM

Jesus that's sad to hear. Stone kicks ass and always brings the best out of his actors, I was hoping it'd kick ass.

ChewieTobbacca · 11-17-2004, 11:58 PM

He should stick with Vietnam war flicks.... Platoon was quite good

Oh and absolutely DO NOT go in thinking its a war film because it is not - its a long long long soap opera/drama with some bloody war that people will clamor for because it stops the sheer amount of talk and bullshit that goes on in between the two major war scenes

Samus Aran · 11-18-2004, 12:41 AM

Is he gay in it? Or do they fuck the history up and make him straight?

ChewieTobbacca · 11-18-2004, 12:45 AM

He's most defenitely gay (or at least they get as close to possible as being so without them openly acknowledging it)

Main problem IMO is they try to make it seem too epic when it didn't need to be - every dialogue seems too trite and made up

And midway through the movie you will start wondering "wtf is the point of this movie" - its not really a bio flick its not really a politics flick its not really a war flick... it just doesn't have a message, meaning, or bearing at all.

Regime · 11-18-2004, 01:25 AM

My U of A history professor Dr. Engels ( Professor in greek studies with emphasis on Alexander and Lakedaemon) got a call from Oliver Stone for advice for this movie. He refused because he felt Stone would glamourize Alex like all his other movies. Guess he was right.

findar · 11-18-2004, 06:11 AM

Quote:

I guarantee it.

heh i giggled at this.

dooeet · 11-18-2004, 09:17 AM

There was a good article in Entertainment magazine on this flick. Just by reading it you could tell that it would turn out to be total shit. Rushed production from the beginning they had like 3 months less than Troy had to shoot and they lost a ton of battle footage through some fuck up at customs where the film got x-ray'd after filming was complete so they lost like two weeks worth of work.

Shogon · 11-18-2004, 09:30 AM

Angelina Jolie is pretty hot though... that alone has to be worth the price of the ticket, right??!? Ugh.

ChewieTobbacca · 11-18-2004, 11:06 AM

Angelina Jolie would have to have gotten naked and gotten close views of hot sex to redeem even half this film

Shogon · 11-18-2004, 09:53 PM

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Originally posted by ChewieTobbacca
Angelina Jolie would have to have gotten naked and gotten close views of hot sex to redeem even half this film

Really? That's pretty bad.

I'd sit through 10 minutes of watching gay sex to see Angelina getting penetrated looking how she looks in that film. Oh yes.

Vader · 11-19-2004, 02:45 AM

I was hoping for it to be like a Troy + Gladiator movie =(

Whats this movie like compared to Troy, it had a little gay scenes with Legolas too!

ChewieTobbacca · 11-19-2004, 10:18 AM

I didn't think Troy was all that great (though it was good) but it makes Troy 100000000000x more entertaining

Dintorr · 11-19-2004, 10:22 AM

So this movie is basically soft-core gay porn?

Dokomo · 11-19-2004, 10:32 AM

I think I heard from a friend that the ratings boards wanted to rate Alexander NC-17 because it had gay sex (normal sex only rates and R) and the producers told them too bad since this was history and they really can't tell it differently.

11-17-2004, 11:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
ChewieTobbacca the Enchanter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,577	Alexander I got back from an advance sneak peek and all I can say is... Save yourself your money and don't watch this piece of shit. Its one thing to be 3 hours long and its another to be borderline gay porno. After watching it I will have to watch 10 straight hours of porno to redeem myself. Halfway through you will want to gouge your eyes out like Oedipus did. I guarantee it.

11-17-2004, 11:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,608 +15 Internets	Jesus that's sad to hear. Stone kicks ass and always brings the best out of his actors, I was hoping it'd kick ass. __________________ Xeph Caito Cao'Li Hunky Dory

11-19-2004, 02:45 AM	#12 (permalink)
Vader No Surprises. Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 490 -1 Internets	I was hoping for it to be like a Troy + Gladiator movie =( Whats this movie like compared to Troy, it had a little gay scenes with Legolas too! __________________ . ..:: .:. ..: -------- :.. .:. ::.. . ... ..::. Horde - BDF .::.. ...

11-19-2004, 10:32 AM	#15 (permalink)
Dokomo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Buffalo Grove, IL Posts: 804 +0 Internets	I think I heard from a friend that the ratings boards wanted to rate Alexander NC-17 because it had gay sex (normal sex only rates and R) and the producers told them too bad since this was history and they really can't tell it differently. __________________ 70 Mage - Paradigm - Echo Isles

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11-17-2004, 11:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
ChewieTobbacca the Enchanter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,577	He should stick with Vietnam war flicks.... Platoon was quite good Oh and absolutely DO NOT go in thinking its a war film because it is not - its a long long long soap opera/drama with some bloody war that people will clamor for because it stops the sheer amount of talk and bullshit that goes on in between the two major war scenes

11-18-2004, 12:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
Samus Aran Sons of the Storm Heal Bitch Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 771 +1 Internets	Is he gay in it? Or do they fuck the history up and make him straight?

11-18-2004, 12:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
ChewieTobbacca the Enchanter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,577	He's most defenitely gay (or at least they get as close to possible as being so without them openly acknowledging it) Main problem IMO is they try to make it seem too epic when it didn't need to be - every dialogue seems too trite and made up And midway through the movie you will start wondering "wtf is the point of this movie" - its not really a bio flick its not really a politics flick its not really a war flick... it just doesn't have a message, meaning, or bearing at all.

11-18-2004, 09:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
dooeet Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 86 +0 Internets	There was a good article in Entertainment magazine on this flick. Just by reading it you could tell that it would turn out to be total shit. Rushed production from the beginning they had like 3 months less than Troy had to shoot and they lost a ton of battle footage through some fuck up at customs where the film got x-ray'd after filming was complete so they lost like two weeks worth of work.

11-18-2004, 09:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
Shogon Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 912 +0 Internets	Angelina Jolie is pretty hot though... that alone has to be worth the price of the ticket, right??!? Ugh.

11-18-2004, 11:06 AM	#10 (permalink)
ChewieTobbacca the Enchanter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,577	Angelina Jolie would have to have gotten naked and gotten close views of hot sex to redeem even half this film

11-19-2004, 10:18 AM	#13 (permalink)
ChewieTobbacca the Enchanter Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,577	I didn't think Troy was all that great (though it was good) but it makes Troy 100000000000x more entertaining

11-19-2004, 10:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
Dintorr space accountant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta, Chocolate City, USA Posts: 771 -2 Internets	So this movie is basically soft-core gay porn?