The True Story of Alexander the Great (History Channel)

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Very Disappointing Documentary About Alexander [Posted on 2007-04-10]
Being a true Alexander buff that I am, I was very disappointed with this DVD. It's apparent from its production values that the History Channel didn't want to allocate the resources (expenses) that a production about the life of history's greatest conqueror deserves.

The battle scenes and the enactment of the drama are very amateurish. It's almost like you'd rather see Peter Woodward sitting behind a desk talking about Alexander. I didn't even really consider the bias elements that another reviewer noted as I sat uninterested through the program. It would have been okay if I was catching it on TV, but I soon felt that it was a waste of money and not deserving of being in my collection of all things Alexander.

You'll get a LOT more out of reading a few good books about Alexander and watching the Oliver Stone movie (the third 'Final Cut' version). It's better than worthless as it attempts to teach the viewer at least something about Alexander - hence two stars - but it'd be best to catch this on the History Channel sometime rather than spending the money on such a poorly conceived program.

very interesting for ancient history buffs [Posted on 2007-05-29]
This was a very interesting documentary. And without commercials is even better.

A great DVD about Alexander [Posted on 2007-08-20]
I found this DVD to be a fantastic and engageing documentary on arguably the greatest conqueror in history. Some of the other reviewers commented that it was too short??? It is over 2 hours long...not sure what else they were hoping for. The DVD takes you from the childhood of Alexander through his adulthood and demise. They quote Heroditus, Plutarch, and a few other ancient sources on Alexander throughout the documentary. This DVD does a good job reinacting scenes from Alexanders life. The one thing that they DID fall a little short on was the discriptions of battles. Gogamela was the one that stood out the most. They neglected some details that I would have appreciated. I really wish they would have given some of the battle estimates as far as numbers go to get an idea as to what Alexander was up against. Many of the battle scenes use the cheesy CGI for parts of it. I don't care for the CGI stuff, but was not particularly bothered because they didn't use a ton of it. I did take a Greek history class a couple of years ago and, in all I learned a lot from this DVD and it was an excellent and entertaining refresher. I highly recommend this DVD if you know nothing about Alexander the Great, or if you simply would like to refresh your knowledge without having to spend the next few days or weeks reading a history book.

The True Story of Alexander the Great (History Channel) [Posted on 2008-01-02]
Wonderfully produced and executed presentation of the life and conquests of Alexander. The History Channel has created a terrific means by which to teach history; it is very engaging, easy to follow and has made me want to purchase more of these kinds of history lessons!

NOT Closed Captioned nor Subtitled [Posted on 2008-04-03]
Contrary to what is listed here at Amazon, the True Story of Alexander the Great is neither closed captioned nor subtitled. This was a total waste of money for me and I will have to give it a low rating as I could not hear what was being said.

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