Alexander (04/Oliver Stone/USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands) 4/10

I couldn't enjoy this movie because most of storyline went against what I knew. The capital of Persia was not in Babylon but in Persepolis inside today's Iran. After Alexander took over Syria, he came to Persepolis killing any man in the way. He also sat Persepolise Palace on fire. I couldn't believe Stone didn't include this part in the movie and pictured all the Old Persian Empire in Babylon, where was merely a great city ruled by Persian Empire. Ruins of Takhte Jamshid (Persepolise) 70 km northeast of Shiraz shows evidence of being destroyed in fire. All those engravings in stones can still be seen there after 2500 years.





"Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones