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Hi,This award strikes me as yet another example of the press jumping on the bandwaggon. Ok, the film was by no means perfect, but I don't think it was that bad! Unfortunately, I have to agree that it will have probably turned a lot of people off finding out about the real Alexander, which presumably...

Hi,Maybe Pressfield decided to go with these lurid "facts" because he was being interviewed for a magazine dealing with fantasy and horror and presumably thought a bit of gore would appeal to its readers and induce them to buy his book? I'm not saying he should have included such twaddle, ...

Hi,I've just read an article which was published in the "Guardian" newspaper. Here is the link http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,6121,1385334,00.html. It covers four recent books about Alexander and I thought it was interesting, especially the reviewer's comments that our mod...

Hi Ariadne,Yes, I saw Luis's post and meant to reply, but it disappeared before I got round to it.As for me, I'm a Brit, originally from the north of England, but now living near London. I first "met" ATG as a little girl - many years ago! -when my grandfather used to tell me stories about...

Hi,I got this as a Christmas present and started reading it this week. I'm about halfway through and finding it rather heavy going. For me, the problem lies with his characterisation of Alexander, who comes across as rather priggish, and the fact that he isn't really telling a proper story. Instead,...

Hello Halil,My given name is Gail, but I don't like it so when I joined Pothos I decided to use Kate, which is a family nickname. I don't mind which name anyone uses.You asked what I liked best about the movie and I think what I enjoyed most was the sheer spectacle of it. Ok many of the details were...

I finally saw the film last night so I thought I would post my opinion for what it's worth. First of all, it was much better than the reviews had led me to expect. Ok, it had its faults, but I think the critics were just jumping on the bandwaggon and savaging the whole thing because it became fashio...

Hi Linda,I think your suggestion is a good one. I don't always have time to visit the site on a daily basis so more messages would be great.
Cheers,
Kate

Hi Marcus,I haven't posted for a long time, but I wanted to second your comments. There are other reasons why I have been just reading posts instead of taking a more active part - computer problems, lack of time etc. - but the fact that some people here on the forum are very quick to criticise is an...

Hi, I came late to watching this film too and I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. I must confess that I'd thought Brad Pitt would be useless, but I thought he was really good and he looked fantastic too. Maybe the trick is to try and switch off "critical faculties" and just watc...

This is a new one to me! It doesn't sound very likely, but it is an interesting idea. I don't suppose DNA testing will be allowed, but I bet we will hear a lot more of this theory in the press as the release date of Stone's film draws nearer.Cheers,
Kate

Hi Jan, I agree that "Gates of Fire" is a wonderful book, but I don't hold out the same hope for Pressfield's forthcoming book on Alexander. I base this negative opinion on his other ancient world books, which I found really disappointing, and the boring extracts Pressfield has posted up f...

This extract is almost as dull as the first one! His Alexander sounds wooden and comes across as a rather vain man, not how I imagine Alexander at all. A pity really as I thought Pressfield managed to capture the spirit of the Spartans in "Gates of Fire".Cheers,Kate

I loved "Gates of Fire", but agree that "Tides of War" and the Amazon book were poor. I found them confusingly written with no clear plot or decent characterisation so I hope this new one about Alexander goes back to his earlier form. Can't say I'm hopeful though after reading th...

Hi, Like everyone else on this forum I find Alexander a fascinating person. Maybe it is because everything he did was on such a large-scale, no wishy-washy half-measures for our hero! Even if you didn't approve of him, I don't think you could fail to be affected by his personal charisma because he m...