Alexander, The Movie. (Alexander/Hephaistion!)
Say whatever the fuck you want, the Alexander-Hephaistion relationship is beautiful. Heterosexuality just doesn’t do in this movie.
The movie’s, well, typically Hollywood, but not bad as it is.
Alexander may be the epitome of arrogance, he also seems sincere, and so far he isn’t that much of a bastard. He didn’t go after Darius, King of Persia (if they’d done any research, though, they’d know that you don’t pronounce it as Dareyos, but as Dar-yush. It’s one of my favourite Persian names, so I know), when he could - instead, he went back to the battlefield with his cavalry to help his friend, Parmenion. Points to him.
We’re at the point where he first meets Darius’s eldest daughter in Babylon, so there’s probably a lot I haven’t seen, but I read here that the Alexander/Hephaistion scene I’ve been waiting for since the first bloody scenes will come.
Mmm.
Furthermore (I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued) I’ve noticed that the music is what gets me dive into a scene and get goosebumps: good music (violins!) makes me fall in love with a battlescene so much quicker than usual, because without it it’s just a screen and a few people being paid for wrecking their lungs.
-Rachel. 12:59.