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MY PURCHASE AT BEST BUY ONLINE WAS EASY AND THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP MY PURCHASE INSTORE WAS A BREEZE. THE INK IS ALWAYS OF GOOD QUALITY AND AT A GOOD PRICE.
What's great about it: EASY TO ORDER ON LINE OR PURCHASE AT THE STORE, ALWAYS IN STOCK
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A OLIVER STONE FAN AND THIS WAS GREAT. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WAS NOT WELL RECIEVED AT THE THEATERS. THE LENGTH OF THE MOVIE MAY BE LONG FOR SOME, BUT TO TELL THIS STORY AS HE DID - THE TIME IS GOOD. THIS MOVIE SHOWS A TRUTH, THAT THERE WAS FEAR BEFORE BATTLES AND THAT ALEXANDER DID GO TO BATTLE WITH HIS TROOPS AND NOT JUST TELL THEM WHAT TO DO - HE WAS WOUNDED SEVERAL TIMES DURING BATTLE. THIS IS A WONDERRFUL WAY TO LEARN MORE OF HISTORY THAN JUST READING. THE HISTORY COMES ALIVE AND FOLLOWS WELL. ALEXANDER'S VISION OF EXPANDING TO THE EAST AND SEARCHING TO THE GREAT OUTER SEA IS SHOWN WITH ALL THE HARDSHIPS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENDURED. THE PORTRAYAL OF ALEXANDER IS SHOWN AS TRUE TO HISTORY - HIS HUMANITY WHERE HE GAVE TO HIS MEN AND WOMEN, AND TO THE CULTURES THAT HE OVER TOOK; HIS PERSONNAL RELATIONSHIPS (LOVE INTEREST) BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. THIS MOVIE FOLLOWS HIS LIFE FROM A YOUNG BOY TILL HIS DEATH, IN A REMEMBERANCE FORM AND GIVES A REASON TO THE HOW'S AND WHY'S OF HIS ACTIONS THROUGHOUT HIS SHORT LIFE (33 Y/O). THE PERFORMANCES BY COLIN FARRELL AS ALEXANDER AND JARED LETO AS HEPHAESTION ARE UNPARALLELED.
What's great about it: GREAT CAST AND EXCELLENT STORY LINE OF HISTORY
What's not so great: THIS EDITION SHOULD HAVE PARENTS WATCHING WITH CHILDREN