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    movie "alexander" gets slated

    oliver stone & colin farell are reportedly devastated by the way the american critics are hammering the film.(ah god help them).

    the final humililiation was only grossing 18 mil dollars on opening weekend and getting its butt kicked by "meet the fockers" with 42 mil dollars
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    Irish premiere is tonight at 6 in the savoy, traffic on o'connell street is being diverted for it.

    A mate of mine saw it in Sweden before Christmas, said it's a load of rubbish, everyone in the film has Irish accents!

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    Sure Mick Lally aka Miley Byrne is also in it
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    I believe the Macedonians have Irish accents on purpose to differentiate them from the Greeks or so I think I read. Though reasonably Hellenic the Macedonians were seen as somewhat barbarian and un-Greek by the Greeks and the language spoken by the Macedonians was not quite the same. Being in English I think they gave them Irish accents to differentiate.

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    It has colin Farell in it. I don't care what it's like after that

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    Did anyone see the programme on national geographic about the making of the film ? excellent stuff. Farrell really broke his arse to get the part right. 2 months of combat school on his own and then a further 3 months in morocco training his own army ! mad stuff.

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    from the trailers of the film you would think alexander was from foxrock in dublin and played rugby with some of the ladsh
    save the sheep shaggers bring back beheadings for waherford

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    Quote Originally Posted by exile
    from the trailers of the film you would think alexander was from foxrock in dublin and played rugby with some of the ladsh
    Well he is from Castleknock, which isn't really comparable to Sheiff Street....
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    First Mr Pitt in a short skirt...now Colin Farrelly...
    Myself + female friends have been looking forward to it for awhile
    BUT one of my housemates does a very good impression of Alexander as a Dub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Babysis
    It has colin Farell in it. I don't care what it's like after that
    following on from that angelina jolie is in it if she was in fair city id nearly watch it,but id have to think long and hard

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    after premiere party in vicar st venue.its been done up as a replica as a scene out of the movie

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    Im sure max will tell us all about it
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    Quote Originally Posted by inexile
    following on from that angelina jolie is in it if she was in fair city id nearly watch it,but id have to think long and hard
    See forget about the accents/content/plot. This film clearly has something for everyone, colin and angelina

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roo69
    Did anyone see the programme on national geographic about the making of the film ? excellent stuff. Farrell really broke his arse to get the part right. 2 months of combat school on his own and then a further 3 months in morocco training his own army ! mad stuff.
    I saw that, pretty cool.. Makes me want to go watch it, its a pity that it flopped really because alot of hard work went into it, Oliver Stone actually put ten years into this! He wanted the macedonians to have Irish accents and the greeks to have English accents so we could tell who's who but also to simulate the conflict and troubles between the two. People say its impossibe to make a good hollywood type movie out of Alexander because he led a very complicated and non hollywood life with his failed relationships and 71 battles, he was a by-sexual so its not like your typical flick like Gladiator which is about one man and his revenge with a token love story.. Im going to give this flick a chance anyway with a very open mind.

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    Spoke to people who saw it tonight and they said it wasn't that bad .... not as bad as people are making it out to be.

    I cant say either way ... haven't heard the reviews and haven't seen it .... Alexander who ??
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    Quote Originally Posted by A face
    .... Alexander who ??
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    Quote Originally Posted by niamh
    First Mr Pitt in a short skirt...now Colin Farrelly...
    Myself + female friends have been looking forward to it for awhile
    BUT one of my housemates does a very good impression of Alexander as a Dub.

    "I'll bleedin burst ya...wa did youse say bout me Maaaaaa"
    I'd be sceptical of the quality of that if they're Corconian. No offence to Langhers but there's a few in my course and their version of the Dublin accent is truly awkward to listen too, almost as bad as my Cork one
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    Belated New Year to all. I have just left the cinema after watching the movie right through. It took me nearly a week...

    Thumbs down to my date and guide, foot.ie's own Davros. The slapheaded satrap failed to alert me to his scene- Alexander taking tribute from the Persian princess in Babylon. Apparently, baldie in a mini-skirt,sandals and Latino footballer wig was on screen for about 1.5 seconds

    It's not as bad as the Yank critics said. Farrell's OK, a bit wooden in the first half but good showing the increasing claustrophobia as they conquer further and further from home. As for gay nookie, there isn't really any. Jared Leto too busy with his passable Oirish accent.

    The worst parts are Alex's Ma and 'mott playing it less Ryan's Daughter than
    Carry on meets Turkish Delight advert...

    They should have cut 30%, dropped the snake charming and Aristotle's cameo. The battle scenes overlong though quite well shot.

    But worst of all there's no Gordian knot! That's like an Irish film without priests, gombeen men or moonlit shots of the Ha'penny bridge
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    Quote Originally Posted by Poor Student
    I believe the Macedonians have Irish accents on purpose to differentiate them from the Greeks or so I think I read. Though reasonably Hellenic the Macedonians were seen as somewhat barbarian and un-Greek by the Greeks and the language spoken by the Macedonians was not quite the same. Being in English I think they gave them Irish accents to differentiate.
    Yes because nowadays the principle language spoken in the FYR Macedonia is Macedonian, a Slavic language closely related to Serbo-Montenegrin, Croatian and Bosnia-Herzegovinian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davros
    Er,Dont slag it too much..........they somehow allowed yours truly onto set........& made it fleetingly into 2-3 scenes.......may be more if the DVD is its proposed length of 4.5 hrs!

    ......

    May also make it into 'Closer' also out this week.....

    so whats the life of a film star really like then davros,is it all glitz, glamour and fast women ?.

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