Alexander, falsification of history by Oliver Stone!
(A Historical Critique)
August 3, 2005
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Alexander, the True History
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Historical Critics
I have just finished watching Alexander on DVD. I often do not go to theatres, because they are often uncomfortable, noisy & I simply cannot concentrate on the content of the movie; therefore, I wait till the movie comes out on DVD, so I can rent & watch it. I often do not buy DVDs, unless they are Persian DVDs or select foreign works. For instance, I only collect the best of the Persian Cinema. I practically own the history of Persian Cinema on VHS & DVD.
On Oliver Stone
Stone is a liberal director with a history of falsifying the history! Nixon, was the perfect example! Stone is not qualified to release a verdict on history, yet obviously he done it & it called Alexander!
On Alexander, the movie
This movie was yet another big budget box office flop, which now the producers/studio wish to somewhat make-up for it on DVD rental & sales! I doubt that it will happen.
This movie was yet another falsification of history based on exaggeration & lies of Greek Historians such as Herodot, Petolemy, Aristotle, Plutark, others........., made on Greeko_Persian Wars, & produced by Hollywood! But this movie was far worst than "The 300 Spartans" & "Esther and The King" & others. This movie was a flat out fabrication of history! Oliver Stone needs to stick with theatrics, scene graphics, cinema tricks, neo style of filming & let go of the history!
The artistic value of the movie becomes unimportant when the whole movie is not historically accurate!
Almost the whole movie is practically falsification of history! Allow me to mention a few points amongst many, shall we start from the beginning?
Historical Fiction and Facts
I. Unlike what has been portrayed in the movie, in every battle, 40 or 50 thousands Greeko_Macedonian did not defeat an army of 250 to 300 thousand Persians!
II. Greek Historians, fathers of Western Civilization, may had called Persians, The Barbarians, but Oliver Stone insisted on referring to Persians, over & over as Barbarians! Aristotle & many other Greeks called Persians Barbarians in this movie! Persian Empire was the sole Super Power of 4th, 5th & 6th Century BC. Persia ruled the globe. Persian Cities of Persepolis, Pasargad, Susa, Hecatompylos, Ecbatana, etc. were hearts of global civilization but according to Greek Historians & a Liberal Piss Ass Director, Olive Oil (Oliver Stone), Persians were Barbarians & Greeks were civilized!
III. According to the movie, Greeko_Macedonian invaded Persian Empire to teach them "The Civilized Ways"! Persians were Barbarian Slave Owners, Savages, Nomads, Offensive, and Brutes! Greeks were civilized, democracy lovers, humane, just, Free Men! The reality is that amongst "All" Ancient Civilizations, Persia was the sole culture, which never practiced Slavery! Before entrance of Islam to Iran, there was not a single slave in Iran! On the other hand, Greeko_Macedonian practiced slavery same as Rome! When they taken over Persia, they enslaved many! Greeko_Macedonian were a group of scattered City States in Greek Peninsula who sat around, discussed philosophy, fought amongst themselves & Banged each other's Butts! Sparta, Athens & the rest were amongst them! Until Philip the Macedonian, united them & made them one, they were inferior scattered cultures of South East Europe. In comparison to Persians, they were far inferior. They were practicing slavery & they were irrelevant in global hierarchy! But of course Greeko_Roman Culture is the base for the Western Culture & From Herodot all the way to Stone, Westerners need to falsify the history to earn global respect for their civilization!
IV. Until this day, the greatest historical theory is that Alexander & her Mother Olympias plotted the murder of Philip (his own father), but according to the movie, Darius III sent an assassin to murder Philip or @ max, Olympias plotted it without Alexander's knowledge!
V. Greeko_Macedonian, before invasion of Persia, did not have a pot to piss in, & they were killing each other in 101 battles amongst themselves! Before Philip, they were not even a single nation! According to the movie, they brought civilization, knowledge of military, & education to the Persian Empire, which practically owned the known world back then!
VI. According to illiterate, uneducated, faggish, sissy liberal pinko, Stone, The Mighty Persian Infantry, the glorious armies of Darius III, wore cheap dirty rags on their heads! But Greeks wore sophisticated helmets with feathers! Persians wore no armor, cheap cloths but Greek wore full body armors! Let's be logical, shall we? How can the armies of the richest & only super power in the globe, wear rags on their heads? Historically, there were a group of elite Immortals who used to wear a scarf looking head-gear, short in front, long @ the back, with a head band which held it & a mouth piece which covered their mouths to avoid the desert dust. These Immortals & some Desert Units wore these headgears which were often in yellow-gold colors. They were 3 piece headgears in gold which they were desert units' head covers. In the heat of the desert, they could not wear helmets but they had to wear these gears.
This does not mean that the complete Persian infantry did not wear helmets! Oliver Stone, put some dirty white rags on Persian Infantry-men's heads which was far more similar to Arab Rags than Immortal's Gold-Fabric Gears! Historically, each part of the Persian Empire had their own unique local uniforms. The Persian Armors were far heavier & sophisticated than Greeks! What happened to legendary Persian Infantry's various helmets? The Feathered Heavy Helmets (similar to Greek commanders), The Funnel or Cone shaped Helmets, The Crooked, bent forward, cone shaped Helmets, The Cylinder shaped Persian hats, etc? Even the original Persian Desert Unit's Fabric-made Head-Gears of gold, did not look anything like the dirty white, cheap Arabic head-scarves of Qutrah (traditional Arab headgear of skullcap and scarf) & Iggal (headband holding the qutrah) Palestinian type o deal!
VII. Alexander portrayed as a forgiving hero to Persian Imperial Court! Lets review history:
* Estatira (Darius III's sister) did not beg forgiveness from Alexander!
* Alexander chased Sissy Cambis (Darius III's mother) around. He had a thing for her. Movie did not even show Sissy Cambis!
* Alexander burned Persepolis to the ground. This happened in one of his epileptic, drunken, homosexual manic depressive rages! Movie did not even show the destruction of the major Persian capital by Alexander!
* Alexander, later on had so much shame for destroying Persepolis, that granted amnesty to Darius' family!
* Alexander's behavior was far from civil in Iran!
VIII. Alexander was a Homosexual, Alcoholic, Epileptic, Bloodthirsty, Maniac Warmonger who invaded the heart of civilization, the Persian Empire & destroyed it! In the movie, Alexander becomes a Philosopher Genius who civilized Persians!
IX. Alexander had great sexual perversions. He spent most of his time with Hephaistion, his Gay General or other gay boys, such as gay dancers & pretty boys! Alexander was a flaming Faggot! In the movie, he becomes an International Playboy who breaks Roxana's heart!
X. Roxana was a Persian Princess, a respectable lady noblewoman who was forced to marry Alexander & bear him children. Politically, she had no other choice! In the movie, Roxana becomes a low-key irrelevant figure in politics of the time; furthermore, she becomes a Gypsy looking character, almost black skinned!
XI. Olympias was daughter of King Epirus, a Greek Rooted City State Monarch, but in the movie, Olympias also becomes a Barbarian rooted (same as Asians & Persians) broad! Actually Alexander marries Roxana for her resemblance to his mother Olympias! Roxana was almost a common poor woman, not worthy of Alexander! The only reason Alexander married her, was because she looked like her mother & also Alex wanted to marry an inferior Persian to capture the Persian hearts! All the Greeks openly disputed this, because they considered themselves superior to Persians! The reality is that Alexander knew that Persians were a superior race & Roxana was politically, too important to ignore! Oliver Stone fabricated this whole Roxana_Olympias deal!
XII. Darius III took military command of his own armies in many different campaigns & battles but according to Stone, he was a coward. He escaped Gaugamela to fight another day, but Stone portrays him as a coward! Darius III in Stone's movie, becomes a Paper Monarch!
XIII. There is no trace of the other side of the story, The Persian Side, in the movie! There is no trace of braveries of Aryo_Barzan or other Persian Military Braves! Greeks are supreme Warriors & Persians are Savage Coward Dogs! And if you think that's bad, then wait till you see what Stone done to Indians!
XIV. Indians become sub-human in Stones movie! In one scene, he brings a few Polynesian locals of Australia, which they do look like Monkeys & Stone makes them play Indian roles! They play the locals in jungles of India! Indian Kings, soldiers & Armies become very similar to Monkeys of jungle! The reality is that, even though, Alexander took over Today's Pakistan & parts of Sind & Punjab, but Indians were the ones who finally seized his campaign & war machine! Indians fought the bloodiest battle of Alexander's life in Indian Peninsula. Indian Elephants crushed Greeko_Macedonians but in the movie, Alexander on horse-top single-handedly battles a War-Elephant Unit! This black horse is the same wild horse that Greek veterans could not tame but a pre-teen Alexander tamed this beast in early days in the movie!
XV. Philip was a rough man & in his final years, he became insane. He was an alcoholic semi maniac but in his final years he became a full-blown drunken psychopath! Alexander inherited Alcoholism, Brutal nature & Insanity of Philip. Alexander in his final years, became a paranoid, schizophrenic, maniac, and worst than his father. He started killing his own friends & generals. In the movie, Stone, remotely mentions this issue & passes on by to other chapters! Stone, gently slides this fact under the Persian Rug!
Conclusion
Alexander, was a Homosexual, Alcoholic, Epileptic, Paranoid, Delusional, Brutal, Blood Thirsty, Savage Beast who invaded a Superior, Sole Super Power of back then's world (Persia) & destroyed it. He murdered, slaughtered, raped, pillaged & even burned the Persian Capital to the ashes! Alexander was head of an inferior barbaric Greeko_Macedonian Tribes who invaded the Civilized worlds of Persia, Egypt, India & Bacteria brutally & destroyed them. Alexander was a step short of Hitler, Napoleon or Genghis Khan, but in this movie he becomes God & son of Zeus or preacher of Civilization!
Oliver Stone is a modern day Herodot. Biased, Dishonest, Con Artist, Illiterate, Charlatan, Hero Maker & a Fraud.
And that's how Alexandra The Grape becomes Alexander The Great!
This movie is "
The Ultimate Hollywood Lie", ever made on Greeko_Persian Wars or Ancient History. Any two-bit person, who knows anything about history, will clearly see through Oliver Stone's Lies & Falsifications of Ancient History. No one but no one can be so ignorant, out of research & naive to twist the whole history in the manner that Stone done!
It is impossible for me to believe that Stone, actually researched the history & concluded as he did! It is pretty obvious that Stone is historically illiterate, but it is far more obvious that Stone selectively twisted many facts & decided to totally hide many other facts! Stone fails to speak of many atrocities of Alexander & intentionally, he hides them! This movie is a historical cover-up!
Thanks to Alexander & later on Arabo_Muslim (Omar & Ali), almost "All" our historical books & documents were burned to the ground & turned to ashes & that's why the world cannot hear our voice today! Volumes & Volumes of Persian Historians' Books & Journals were destroyed in fires of invaders who invaded our land & burned our books. Barbarians such as Alexander, Omar, Ali, Hussein & others invaded our land, burned our history, raped our women, killed our men, took our children as slaves, & destroyed our culture, but today, Greeks claim that they have civilized us & the Arabs claim that before Islam, we were savage Fire Worshipers! Thanks to Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, others.................. we have become civilized!
Not that we had any civilization before these bozos! Not that we have anything to show for it! What do we have to show for it?
Only 8000 years of Persian History, the oldest culture in the globe!
@ the moment I am so disgusted with Oliver Stone's Movie, that I am ready to tear him apart! It is a good thing that he is not near me! It is simply sickening!
It is bad enough that we have to put up with IRI, Westoxication of our youth abroad, Arabtoxication of our youth inside Iran, & now we have to witness, lampoons like Stone, trash our history!
Mr. Oliver Stone, you might fool the average Jane & Joe with your rubbish fabrication of history, but beware of the historians exposing your pack of lies! This movie's historical value is equal to garbage!
It is a plain shame.
Dr. X