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am i the only one having issues with Angelina Jolie playing Colin Farrell's mother in Alexander?No, you're not. They want us to suspend our disbelief about their ages and Alexander's sexuality? At some point the cerebellum hardens into a callus and will not admit further input.
Really? She plays his mom?
Weird.
exactly. there is one year difference between them! gah!
No, you're not.
good to know.
Is she possibly playing his mother as he's growing up?
Also, I'm fairly sure Olympia (I think that's her name) would have been quite young when she was married off to Phillip, and could have had him by the time she was fourteen or so. It certainly wasn't unheard of.
I could go check, but I'm very lazy.
She's definitely playing his mother when he's an adult, without (as far as I can see) being made up to look even a little older. One of many hard pills to swallow in this film, the way things are shaping up. Don't even get me started about olden-times period pieces requiring everyone to use accents from the British Isles in order to sound "legitimate."
I'm sorry, my suspension of disbelief snapped long ago, with the haircuts.
She's definitely playing his mother when he's an adult, without (as far as I can see) being made up to look even a little older.
this. they didn't even attempt to make her look a little bit older. i can sort of understand them being taken with Angelina and not wanting anyone else to play the role, but can they make it a little more believable please?
Don't even get me started about olden-times period pieces requiring everyone to use accents from the British Isles in order to sound "legitimate."
Well the Macedonians were sort of the Irish of the Greeks...
Yeah, it's not a very good point, and I'm not sure where I'm going with it.
I think my hope that they don't ruin the story has evolved into a need to defend it, even though I haven't seen it.
I don't mind if they leave things out, but if they change things I'm going to be very, very unhappy.
They could have at least tried to age her up a bit. I mean, Angela Lansbury played Lawrence Harvey's mom in Manchurian Candidate, and she was only three years older than him, but they gave her some decent middle-aged makeup and it really worked. Instead, Stone goes for the glam-mom look, and all I'll probably do is mock the screen as a result.
I don't mind if they leave things out, but if they change things I'm going to be very, very unhappy.
This is Oliver Stone we're talking about. I'm not sure historical accuracy is high on his list of priorities. (At the very least, "Use at least 50,000 different film stocks" and "If the audience isn't seeing spots by the end of the first battle scene, fire the editor" are higher up.)
Personally, I'm not expecting much more than loudness and really bad hair. And probably some entertaining shouting.
Heh -- the featured user review on IMDB begins:
This was the most wretchedly boring, insulting, and heavy handed hunk of three hour filth that I am likely to see this year. This is the kind of film which ruins careers and bankrupts movie studios. In a theater of 250 people, all of whom got in free, I heard not one single positive comment... I would rather tear out my own eyes and use them as earplugs than watch this film again. And I get the feeling 249 people would agree with me. We're deep into "Manos: the Hands of Fate" territory with this one. Bad, bad, and bad some more.