History Buffs: Alexander Revisited
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Alexander is a 2004 epic historical drama film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role. The film was an original screenplay based in part on the book Alexander the Great, written in the 1970s by the University of Oxford historian Robin Lane Fox. Upon its release, the film received generally favourable reviews by European critics. Negatively received in the United States, it grossed over $167 million worldwide against a $155 million budget.
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Nick, as a greek man I can inform you that the reason why everyone is yelling in the movie is because greeks yell all the time
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HBO should make a TV series out of the life of Alexander the Great. That be the best way to tell his story.
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the worst thing about the "Oedipus Complex" is that in the story of Oedipus, he marries his mother unknowingly, and the complex named for him is about knowingly desiring your mother. talk about punishing an innocent!
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I think they overdid the whole 'Zeus is your father' thing in the movie. It was actually very common for great leaders to claim that they were descended of the gods. Julius Caesar claimed to be descended directly from Aeneas and Aphrodite. All great heroes from mythology were said to be descended from the gods (e.g. Hercules), so thats why a lot of real people from that time did too.
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Give some credit to his father, he was a rare military genius. He revolutionized warfare with the use of sarisa, a 6 meter spear and a great phalanx formation.
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In defense of Oedipus from the play, the character the complex was based on, he had absolutely no idea the man he killed was his father and the woman he married his mother and when he found out, he gouged his own eyes out and went to live out the rest of his life as a hermit in exile...so...it wasn't like Oedipus actually even wanted to sleep with his mother.
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15:00 the reason why he was saying their names wasn’t for us to remember them IMO, it just showed how Alexander appealed to his men by naming them directly and attaching qualities to their names
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alexander needed to be a trilogy (his youth, his ascendence, his late years)
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Alexander didn't revolutionise ancient warfare by himself, you have to give Phillip at least some credit for that.
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“Treat me, Alexander, the way a King treats another King” is probably the most badass surrender in human history.
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The historical advisor for this film (according to my Greek history lecturer at least) apparently absolutely hero-worshipped Alexander and waived his fee in return for getting to take part in one of the cavalry charges, which may explain the rather sparkling portrayal of Alexander's character in the film
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apparently there is a story where alexander crossing the desert came to a small oasis that only had enough water to fill one cup. It was given to alexander who poured it out in front of his men to say that he would suffer with his men instead of take the special treatment. May be just a story but I think when it came to his army, Alexander was genuinely honored to lead them and cared for them deeply. I think crossing the desert was more of an ego move to prove that it could be done, only by him. Great vid!!
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Well at least the casting for Alexander's mother was right on. I mean no one really pulls off insanely hot & Batshit insane like Angelina Jolie
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Alexander should be a drama/series like HBO Rome.
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"Everyone is shouting in this movie" I mean.... us Greeks are VERy very very loud people... could be historical accuracy lmao
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Angelina Jolie wasn’t acting. That’s how she is in real life
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Well, if your mother looks like Angelina Jolie in her early 30s...
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If Alexander's accent bothers you so should the fact that he's speaking English.
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Listen closely in the death scene, Alexander whispers something and the generals are trying to decipher what he means. Cratistos meaning “to the strongest” or was he referring to his general Craterus, that he was leaving his empire to him.
