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Actually Mistitled
Gee, a documentary that solves a question that has been studied for 2300 years. If you go by the title, and what the host says, then the History Channel has done a great service. <
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>Of course, they didn't do any of this. They did cover some interesting territory, and yet they left out so much (sack of Thebes, anyone?). <
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>Also, while the actor that portrayed Alexander was youthful and very good looking, I think he was more the Hephaistion type. <
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>All-in-all, I was disappointed. It's not as bad as the National Geographic documentary, but it's not much better.

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Better Than The Movie
This DVD presentation about the life of Alexander The Great is a great portrayal of how Alexander was in life and as well as how people view him today all these many centuries after his death(no matter what the view is) and how important he is to us still. <
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>There is a great wealth of info about him which I think that a lot of people could take from to form their own view of him and that, in the final analysis of his life and achievements, that Alexander does deserve deserve to be called "The Great".

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Entertaining but not groundbreaking
This is a worthy documentary but it is rather short. It tries to strike a balance by showing Alexander's life from youth until he eventually assumed the reigns of power and conquered the known world. There is no one outstanding or trully memorable sequence in this documentary nor is there colorful or dramatic commentary. There are some CGI scenes (that are used over and over) that do paint a fine picture of the Macedonian army's formations. Some of the battles are explored with superficial detail and provide a shallow analysis of the strategies used. <
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>For anyone who really likes this documentary, I would highly recommend "In the Footsteps of Alexander" by Michael Wood. In that DVD, Alexander's footsteps are re-traced from the time he left his home (never to see it again) until his death. It has many memorable scenes and fine commentary by Wood. Neither documentary provides an exhaustive portrait of the man but they do help you get there with further research.