Alexander
So, went to see Alexander last night. I'm a big fan of Oliver Stone, so I was expecting to enjoy it. Instead, I was bored rigid. It's pretty hard, I would think, to make a life as important as Alexander the Great's seem so dull, but this film managed with aplomb.
It wasn't just the film itself... the awful, hammy over-acting of both Colin Farrel (Alexander) and Jessie Kamm (Young Alexander) grated throughout. Angelina Jolie played a very good part though, and Val Kilmer was excellent (albeit limited by his material). Overall though I found it deeply unengaging... worse even than Troy (at least Brad Pitt is very capable of pulling off the 'dark brooding hero' role without behaving like the reject from The Acting School For Melodramatic Dramaqueen Cockheads').
One thing that redeemed it was the way the film refused to downplay Alexander's bisexuality... considering how it was excised so completely from Troy, that was quite refreshing.
Anyway, my capsule review is - don't bother.
On an unrelated note, if I hear that fucking crazy frog ringtone ONE MORE TIME, I swear to Zeus that I am going to kill absolutely everybody in a ten mile radius. On that page, 87% of the people voted for the following option:
I just love that crazy frog ringtone, it truly is the best ringtone in the world and I've got to have it on my phone. If you don't like this then obviously you just don't have a sense of humour.
It amazes me that people can think a frog making WACKY ZANY SOUNDS has any humourous merit, especially when those wacky zany sounds are emitted, SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM, by my browser when I visit every other fucking website. I suppose the old adage that simple things amuse simple minds is true enough.
It wasn't just the film itself... the awful, hammy over-acting of both Colin Farrel (Alexander) and Jessie Kamm (Young Alexander) grated throughout. Angelina Jolie played a very good part though, and Val Kilmer was excellent (albeit limited by his material). Overall though I found it deeply unengaging... worse even than Troy (at least Brad Pitt is very capable of pulling off the 'dark brooding hero' role without behaving like the reject from The Acting School For Melodramatic Dramaqueen Cockheads').
One thing that redeemed it was the way the film refused to downplay Alexander's bisexuality... considering how it was excised so completely from Troy, that was quite refreshing.
Anyway, my capsule review is - don't bother.
On an unrelated note, if I hear that fucking crazy frog ringtone ONE MORE TIME, I swear to Zeus that I am going to kill absolutely everybody in a ten mile radius. On that page, 87% of the people voted for the following option:
I just love that crazy frog ringtone, it truly is the best ringtone in the world and I've got to have it on my phone. If you don't like this then obviously you just don't have a sense of humour.
It amazes me that people can think a frog making WACKY ZANY SOUNDS has any humourous merit, especially when those wacky zany sounds are emitted, SEEMINGLY AT RANDOM, by my browser when I visit every other fucking website. I suppose the old adage that simple things amuse simple minds is true enough.
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