Ver Alejandro Magno - 2004

Stone’s boldest move is to make Freudian psychology the engine of the plot. Alexander is trapped between two monstrous parents: King Philip II (Val Kilmer), a brutal, one-eyed, drunken warrior, and Olympias (Angelina Jolie), a serpent-handling, ecstatic priestess from Epirus. Philip rejects Alexander’s intellectualism and his closeness to his mother; Olympias grooms him to believe he is divine, the son of Zeus-Amon. The film’s most uncomfortable scenes are not the battles but the family dinners, where Philip threatens his son with rape of his own bride and Olympias orchestrates Philip’s assassination. Stone suggests that Alexander’s relentless march east was an attempt to escape this toxic inheritance—to become a father to himself by conquering the world. But the ghosts follow him. In a devastating scene, Alexander murders his loyal general Cleitus in a drunken rage—reenacting his father’s violence. He immediately collapses in guilt, proving he cannot escape his blood.

The movie was criticized for its slow pacing, complex flashback structure, and Colin Farrell’s blonde wig. But over time, many have come to appreciate its ambitious, non-traditional look at Alexander’s psychology. ver alejandro magno 2004