ALEXANDERTHE TOP MOVIE: Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25,Alexander the Great led his armies through 22,000miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years.Coming out of tiny Macedonia(GREECE),Alexander led his armies against the mighty persian empire,drove west to Egypt,and finally made his way east to India.This film concetrates on those eight years of battles,as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate,Hephaestion.Alexander died young,of illness malaria,at the age of 33.Alexanders conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture which led to the facilitation of the spread of christianity.like sin city before it,300brings Frank Miller and Lynn varleys graphic novel vividly to life.Gerard Butler(Beowulf and Grendel,the phantom of the opera)radiates pure power and charisma as leonidas,the Grecian king who leads 300of his fellow spartans(including David wenham of the lord of Rings,Michael Fassbender,and Andrew pleavin)into a battle against the overwhelming force of persian invaders.Their only hope is to neutralise the numerical advantage by confronting the persians,led by king Xerxes(Rodrigo santoro),at the narrow strait of Brad pitt picks up a sword and brings a muscular,brooding presence to the role of Greek warrior Achilles in this spectacular retelling of the iliad.Orlando Bloom and Diane Kurger play the legendary lovers who plunge the world into war,Eric Bana portrays the prince who dares to confront Achilles,and Peter OToole rules Troy as king Priam.Director Wolfgang petersen recreates a long-ago world of bireme warships,clashing armies,the massive fortress city and the towering Trojan Horse. In a time of heroes,the mighty warrior Beowulf slays the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of its monstrous yet seductive mother in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend.Groundbreaking director yet seductive mother in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend.Groundbreaking directr Robrt zemeckis told
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