[inglor]

Was on discovery channel last night. You Colin Farrell Fan Girlies missed it, I don't think he had his shirt on the whole time.
It came on right after a show on the actual Alex and it was pretty interesting on how Colin trained for the movie. Got a bit hoaky towards the end though.

Inglor

[ilistine]

But I am not a Colin fangirlly.

It was interesting at the end, but I wasn't squealing or anything.

Keek

[Yavanie]

Went to see said movie. Impressive on screen. Looks like they did their research in the costume and props department. For all the talk about Colin having to make out with a guy, there were a few hugs and only one really muggin' kiss. They got the point across without the graphic detail. I thought Colin looked the part of Alex but was really suprised to see Val Kilmer as Phillip!! I think that was even Anthony Hopkins as the sort of retired general for doing the narrative parts. I enjoyed seeing it, but don't expect any oscars here, except maybe for wardrobe or props. King Darius chariot with the knives mounted on the wheels was scary just in it's implications against armies on foot.

The "poster" scene has to be near the end of the movie: Alex rides his black horse against an Indian army on elephants, the horse rears up, facing the elephant that also rears. Very impressive scene.

Inglor, the horse chosen for Bucephalus could rival the one Rutger Hauer rode in Lady Hawke.

[inglor]

[Havetoist]

....is Ptolomy I. Great, great + grandfather of Cleopatra. Or as Oliver Stone pronounced "Puh Tolomy"....

<<snort, guffaw>>

Oh possum? Ga Nu?

I think I'll save this one for a Blockbuster night. I was so disappointed with "Troy".

[inglor]

If you want to see this movie, you better do it soon, its being panned. I enjoyed it though.

Yep Yavanie, the horse in the movie playing Bucephalus is a Friesian. ...

Right after I get a '67 GTO, I'm going to get a Friesian.


Inglor

[sindohte]

I enjoyed the movie but it dragged during some parts. This was my first Oliver Stone movie so I don't know if it was par for the course of not, but there was so much Freudian psychobabble in it that it was laughable. The whole wife as maternal replacement and the whole bit with Phillip down in the catacombs with Alexander telling him gory Greek myths of killing family members and the gods destroying those they had exalted was too heavy handed for me. I would rather piece together the psychological mumbo jumbo myself, rather than having it delivered on a platter to me. The battle scenes were good because they were so crazy and chaotic. And Colin Farrell had what Roisin and I call his "Crazytown Eyes" down pat. If I saw that crazy mofo coming towards me, I would be all like - "Dude, please take my country, I give up."

[Roisin]

Yeah, I thought that the movie was rather flawed although I found it interesting in that I never knew a whole lot about Alexander before.

I thought the flaws were mainly in the writing and direction. The actors all seemed to be doing the best they could with the roles. Rosario Dawson seemed especially good b/c she's never really registered on my radar before.

Whoever told Angelina to play that role with a Morticia Adams accent should be shot. Otherwise I think she did as good a job as she could have.

Colin Farrell's Crazytown Face skeers me. I like the cuddly-wuddly puppy dog face better.

Roisin

[sindohte]

Shouldn't you really refer to it as Colin's Panty Dropping Face?

[inglor]