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Hail Kenny - I love your hobbit analogy. :) Yeah, 3 foot actors! And don't forget that Orlando Bloom has brown hair and brown eyes, but he played a blond, blue eyed elf. :) :) It was a wig for him, though. A long wig. I needed that laugh. Thanks!Lucien - I agree about Luhrman. I haven't liked anythi...

Hail Kenny,Sounds like we agree to somewhat disagree. Nice conclusion to our discussion. Thank you!Lois

Oops - my sincere apologies Andrew! Lois

Kenny,1) I concede that Achilles was helped by Gods 2) But, think about this as well: When Paris met Menelaos in battle (Paris not being a fighter, but his brother Hector pushing him to prove himself) Aphrodite came down and protected Paris, whisking him away to his bedchamber and out of harms way. ...

Just did a little more digging:Homer said that Achilles had a weak point - his pride (hubris). Ovid in his "Metamorphoses" said the weak point was actually in Achilles body.Statius, a Roman writing almost 400 years after Alexander's death, was the first to imply Achilles weak point was his...

Linda - you are so right. The Illiad doesn't cover the whole of the Trojan war, not even the Trojan Horse. Achilles is not killed then (Ajax dicing over his armor is in The Odyssey).I think the point of Homer is that Achilles was this great, invincible warrier. He was very human, showing hubris and ...

The heel is the only place Achilles was vulnerable. His mother held him by the heel to dip him in the river.But remember that Achilles invincibility had to be explained and that type of thing was most often explained away as due to some God-like circumstance. His mother was a diety as well. These th...

Sorry, Kenny. I don't think we'll be seeing Leo as Alexander. This is from the "Ain't it cool" site: "Trusty news source Lennox has let us know that Baz Luhrmann is *still* planning to make his ALEXANDER THE GREAT picture, despite Leo opting out."

There was an earlier movie thread where at least one forum member counted it as amongst the best battle scenes ever. :)I saw the film a few times. He did not cry on the battlefield (during either battle) - just after the hospital visit, after the battle fever had died down. Remember, this isn't a do...

Funny, it's all perspective isn't it? Some people have been putting the battle scene within the top ten of all time and others had a problem with it. It's all very interesting. :)Alexander did make the chariots useless in the movie. Darius wanted wholesale slaughter by using the scythed chariots as ...

Hail Kenny,Remember that Phillip was also a regent for his nephew. While he didn't kill the true heir, he certainly kept the power once it was in his hands.I suspect that Cassander was probably more threatened by Alexander's legacy than anything else. While Phillip obviously had enough presence to t...

Sure - you can get a review right on this site. Go to the books section and look for "fiction - good". The Persian Boy is also by Mary Renault and her Funeral Games completes the trilogy. There's another longer review here: http://myweb.unomaha.edu/~jreameszimmerman/Beyond_Renault/renault....

Sorry, Saif, but this is pretty old news (see the date - from '03). It was supposed to start production in Sept '04, but hasn't. Baz is said to be still mulling over whether he's going to do it or not.

Kenny - I think that most of the criticism is of STONE and not of ALEXANDER himself. I'm not telling you what to do, but I wouldn't worry about Alexander's reputation. There are quite a few books being sold now, somewhat due to expanded interest because of the movie. If it has done nothing else it h...

Hi Kiri,I found a synopsis of the book:"323 B.C. The great Alexander is dead. Machon-the late emperor's renowned friend and ally-is being scapegoated for his downfall. An outsider on trial for his life, Machon will tell his Greek accusers the stunning, tragic truth behind the meteoric rise and ...