Before watching this movie, I was wondering how the director would portray this great figure in Western civilization, Alexander the Great, a man who ruled almost all known civilizations, a legendary son of Zeus, a name with the prefix Great The man... He has too many titles, and this demigod-like man suddenly fell at his prime, leaving behind a short-lived empire and countless legends. With such a character, how would the director show his life?
More than three hours passed quickly. When Alexander the Great played by Colin Farrell happily drank the pot of poisonous wine, you could feel the confluence of so many complicated emotions full of loneliness, relief, helplessness, etc. , you will even sympathize with the man who was killed by his dream. Yes, Alexander under the director's lens is first and foremost a person, not just an emperor. There are plenty of episodes in the film that portray a lonely man chased by dreams and death rather than a great demigod. Glory and dreams are the pursuit of his life, but he is also a person, he has his own lovers, in today's words, he is a bisexual, he has his own lovers, Hephaistion, prostitution Gauss also has his own wife, Roxana, which is in line with the ancient Greek tradition. Love is not only between men and women, or love is between men. Between men and women, it is more about desire or the continuation of blood. As in the film, Alexander wants more of a child for Roxana, while Hephaistion and Bagos are more needed when he is lonely and weak. Yes, that's right, the Great Emperor under Oliver Stone's lens will be lonely, he will blame himself and be weak after killing a friend by mistake, he will be hysterical in the face of betrayal and abuse, a normal person, A normal ancient Greek nobleman. However, this nobleman built a great empire across Eurasia and Africa while chasing glory. The director brushed aside legends and myths and made a human Alexander the Great. This is also in line with the position of Alexander the Great in history. After him, the ancient Greek civilization has no legend of a hero with the blood of Zeus. He is a myth himself, but it is also the end of the age of mythology.
This is not necessarily the real emperor, just the emperor understood by the director, but you will still sigh after watching it, maybe because of the legend, maybe because of the lonely ending, maybe because of Alexander's love...... The director is very successful in this aspect, which makes us not only sighed at the legend of Alexander the Great, but also moved by the common emotions of human beings.
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