One of those movies I had some thoughts of seeing has been marked off the list. Oliver Stone's movie 'Alexander' (surname, 'the Great') puts heavy focus on Alexander and homosexuality:
As Alexander the Great, [actor Colin] Farrell speaks softly and sports a blond pageboy and mini-toga, looking a bit like something out of Queer Eye for the Macedonian Guy.
In scenes that may raise eyebrows with some action-movie fans, the Irish actor kisses two men - a Macedonian soldier and a hunky topless Persian castrato named Bogoas, who becomes his lover - full on the mouth.
While Farrell has a steamy sex scene with an unclothed Rosario Dawson as Alexander's wife, Roxane, the film leaves little doubt that the true love of the conqueror's life is his boyhood friend turned fellow warrior, Hephaistion, portrayed by Jared Leto.
How pleasant. I will enjoy seeing it bomb.
1 comment:
Now I have another reason to avoid it.
When I heard (a few months ago) that the movie was in production, I wrote something about Oliver Stone's possible modifications the the story, given his previous 'creative license'. I've reposted it here: http://hatlessinhattiesburg.blogspot.com/2004/11/repost-oliver-stones-alexander.html
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