Stone blames failure of 'Alexander' on 'fundamentalism

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LONDON - Often-controversial director Oliver Stone has blamed the failure of his epic film Alexander on the "raging fundamentalism" in the U.S. South.

The film, which stars Irish actor Colin Farrell in the story of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great, was greeted with derisive reviews.
It was also a failure at the box office. Budgeted at roughly $150 million U.S., it has pulled in only $34 million so far.

"I was quite taken aback by the controversy and fierceness of the reviews about a character we don't really know too much about," Stone said before the film's British premiere on Wednesday.

"I operate on my passion and sometimes I'm naive. I don't think about the consequences."

Some conservative groups objected to Alexander's portrayal of the famous warrior as a bisexual.

Stone, the director behind such controversial pictures as Natural Born Killers and JFK, believes the hostile reaction to the film is linked to "a raging fundamentalism in morality in the U.S."

"From day one, audiences didn't show up," he said. "They didn't even read the reviews in the South because the media was using the words 'Alex the gay.' As a result, you can bet that they thought, 'We're not going to see a film about a military leader that has got something wrong with him.'"

Adding that the film is "the epic of my life," Stone says he thought Farrell's acting was "extraordinary."

"He's had some tough reviews but he'll ride it out," the director said.

For his part, Farrell said that friends of his who have seen the film tell him "It's not exactly Gladiator."

However, he said he would work with Stone again "in a heartbeat."
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And the icing on the cake? It wasn't the US that complained about Alexander's dubious life-style. It was the Greeks who objected to the bisexuality. Looks like Oliver couldn't even get that one right. :rolleyes:
 
Gato_Solo said:
And the icing on the cake? It wasn't the US that complained about Alexander's dubious life-style. It was the Greeks who objected to the bisexuality. Looks like Oliver couldn't even get that one right. :rolleyes:
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Well it couldn't have been that the movie just sucked. After all it was made by Oliver stone himself. I swear that man is so egotistical...he needs to live with the beasts of the field for awhile and gain some humility.
Now wouldn't that be irony at its finest? :D
 
"Gee, my film was horribly received....nobody liked it....I mean, DodgeBall was more popular than this piece of shit....must be somebody's fault...who could it be? Hmmm....I'm a Hollyweird type, who do we make fun of all the time and blame for every social woe on the planet....A-HA!!!! It's the damn rednecks' fault! God I feel better....now, anybody seen Michael Moore around? We need to do some lunch and talk about this idea he has for a movie about Deliverence and the degradation of modern morality based on the socio-racialistical-lesbianese model of Communism in Abu Dabi..."
 
unclehobart said:
I didn't think that we had that much shake here in the south.
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Then what are these strings attached to my head, arms and legs that seem to run in your general direction.
 
I've been avoiding this whole idiotic story for days.

Assuming the problem is/was Alexanders sexuality - Why should who he fucked 2000 years ago be on the big screen? I love Patton but I have no desire to see him (or a facsilile thereof) getting down & dirty with anybody. Same goes with one of the worlds greatest leaders.

Assuming the movie was fatually incorrect - I laughed all the way thru Nixon & JFK :shrug: He can never top Platoon.

Assuming Stone is a egocentric whinebag with nothing better to do - explains it all.
 
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