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[nigeltde]

Plot summary for Alexander (the Oliver Stone version):

The Macedonian conqueror, Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), conquered almost the entire known world of his era. Though Alexander made use of the well-oiled army created by his father, he pushed the limits of Macedonian & Greek power to levels King Philip could not have dreamed of.


WELL-OILED hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Don't mind me, I'm a bit silly this morning as today'll be my first day back at uni.

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"conquered almost the entire known world of his era"

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

What about India and especially *China*? They were certainly "known". And, as far as I know, Alexander conquered nothing west of Greece, either -- including Rome and naval power Carthage. The "known world of his era" went as far west as Spain.

[simple-guy.livejournal.com]

i am noticing a trend in historical themed movies
first the passion of christo, which im going to see, then i keep seeing posters for troy, which is a story so unreal and dead i dont know why they are making it, and now this. hmhmtihmhihtmsfghdf

Re: "conquered almost the entire known world of his era"

[nigeltde]

This is Hollywood we are talking about, after all. And I expect the write-up guy for imdb was talking out of his arse. To be honest, my mind saw "well-oiled", got stuck, and never came back to see the rest of the paragraph :-)

[nigeltde]

It's not just recently, either; it seems that ever since Gladiator or so there has been historical movie after historical movie after historical movie. And they are becoming increasingly more Epic and Big Budget Realistic.