#Alexander 2004

[hephaestn]

Alexander and Hephaestion in Film/TV throughout the years.

Alexander the Great (Robert Rossen, 1956)

Adventure Story (Rudolph Cartier, 1961)

Alexander (Oliver Stone, 2004)

Young Alexander the Great (Jalal Merhi, 2010)

Alexander, the Great (Terra X, 2014)

Ancient Empires (History Channel, 2023)

Alexander: The Making of a God (Netflix, 2024)

#alexander the great #hephaestion #alexander x hephaestion #alexander 2004 #history channel ancient empires #alexander the making of a god #mygifs* #history: alexander the great #history: hephaestion #otp: for he too is alexander #i'm SURE i'm missing a documentary or two but these are all the ones i'm aware of that include hephaestion!! #pls let me know if you know of any other!! #also it's a chaotic gifset bc like the quality for some of these are all over the place #but!!!! here we go the boysss

[fkmylif3]

ALEXANDER (2004) | dir. Oliver Stone

#Alexander 2004 #alexander #hephaistion #colin farrell #jared leto #filmedit #moviegifs #filmgifs #movieedit

[rickoconnells]

#colin farrell #alexander #alexander 2004 #Alexander the great #blood

[angeldmn]

<3

#fy #alexander the great #alexander x hephaestion #alexander 2004 #queer #queer history #funny memes #mlm #fyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy #fypツ #lol memes #couple #fav ship #history #patrochilles

[wulfhalls]

invented the concept of cunt actually

#colin farrell #alexander #txt.me #people #alexander 2004 #most movie ever. its nothing but battle. feast. homoerotic tension. in that order for almost 4 hours over and over and over again #also colin doing insane amounts of wig work. he worked the fuck outta those wigs. should have gotten an oscar for that alone

[patroclusdefencesquad]

oh another good thing to come from that movie

this picture of colin farrell

#iconic #alexander 2004

[xoxoannimuxoxo]

#alexander the great #alexander 2004

[mikeysgerard]

Love and appreciation for these quotes from Alexander (2004)

Aristotle killed it here♡

If the producers from this movie allowed homosexuality, then what on earth did the guy from Troy do wrong- they were produced in the same year even!

Those couples, Achilles and Patroclus and later Alexander and his lover Hephaestion, were my first gay role models growing up ♡

#alexander the great #alexander 2004 #troy 2004 #alexander x hephaestion #achilles x patroclus #Alexander movie #troy movie #achilles #patroclus #Hephaestion #jared leto #colin farrell #brad pitt #mikeysgerard #the song of achilles #tsoa #lgbt #homosexual #gay couple #greek mythology

[forrealaperson]

I haven’t posted a lot of original stuff on my blog but when I have, it was about the Alexander (2004) movie and here is one aspect that I adore about that film that I haven’t read yet on the internet. Maybe I have to preface it by saying that I didn’t have big big expectations on the portrayal of Alexander and Hephaistions relationship going into the movie. It came out the same year as Troy and we all know how that went. Now here is an excerpt of the three pages document that I wrote after watching this movie (the Ultimate Cut):

There is one thing that I would really like to discuss in the depiction of Alexander and Hephaistions relationship. It is the lack of a kiss between the two. I was indeed wondering if there would be one, from before watching (though then, I really did not expect it) to the first scene with „it is hardest to be alone“. And then throughout the second half of the movie until the end, I wondered if they would kiss at Hephaistions death scene. Speaking now, I am really glad that they didn’t and here is why. Now there are a lot of kisses shared between various characters, Alexander even kisses his mother on the mouth. I interpreted that one as more of a „violent“ act. They were fighting in that scene. Whereas his father, he would hit, he kisses his mother. He kisses Bagaos as a show, to symbolise his love to the eunuch or his desired unity between the Persians and Macedonians. He never kisses Hephaistion on screen. This may also be a tribute to the fact that we don’t exactly know to which degree they were physically intimate and I find that okay. It is because we are very clearly and openly shown how profound their relationship and love for one another is. A great focus is laid upon the fact that there is no denying the love between them that is more important to Alexander than any other. So much that I think that any kiss would not do them justice; no kiss would be a greater symbol than any of their other scenes. It would feel flat. In particular a kiss at the deathbed could hold an implicit meaning that they did not kiss before that moment, which I do not like to think.

I like how they showed the relationship in its organic form. Their hugs are more intense and I feel like they convey the strength of the relationship more than a kiss would. No one hugs their (only) best friend like that. That is clear. There is no open interpretation.

A kiss in passing would have been nice as well, but the absence makes the fact stand out and I do like it this way. I like that it demonstrates that you don‘t need a kiss to depict a romantic relationship. That is also why I think that it could never be made this way today. Because there would be public uproar at how there wasn’t a kiss and how dare they and how it would be cowardly that they didn’t even shoot a kiss. Everything needs to be explicit nowadays, there is a checklist to go through for every film.

(this is only one way to think of it though - romances were always explicit - but I do feel this way in regards to the Alexander film)

#Alexander 2004 #alexander the great #hephaistion #hephaestion #alexander of macedon

[misselesava]

your soul is mine, alexander.

#angelina jolie #ajolieedit #alexander 2004 #movie gifs

[mew-the-classic-peach]

Alexander (2004), dir. Oliver Stone. 

#alexander 2004 #alexander x hephaestion #colin farrell #jared leto

[hephaestn]

#alexander the great #hephaestion #alexander 2004 #alexander x hephaestion #colin farrell #alexanderedit #colinfarrelledit #film: alexander #history: alexander the great #otp: for he too is alexander #mygifs* #alexander* #listen... this scene is sad as fuck #but it's sadder bc alexander didn't have this fictional chance to say goodbye #okay leave me alone

[3d-wifey]

i've never seriously thought about writing character x character.....

but then i read the song of achilies....

#3d wifey talks #character x character #the song of achilles #patroclus #achilles #patroclus and achilles #alexander the great #hephaestion #Hephaestion and Alexander #alexander 2004 #alexander hamilton #john laurens #Alexander hamilton and john laurens #patroclus x achilles #Hephaestion x Alexander the great #John Laurens x Alexander hamiltion #If i do write something (which i am) it'll go on ao3 #male x male

[gaywatch]

Hey there! I just want to thank you for mentioning Colin Farrell's Alexander here. I gotta admit, I had no clue about it. So, I thought, why not check it out on YouTube? And boy, oh boy, the chemistry and the longing in these scenes were off the charts! I ended up watching the entire 3hrs movie. It's such a bummer that this movie doesn't get the recognition it deserves. Seriously underrated, if you ask me.

Yesssssss, they are deeply underrated due to the movie around them being Not That Great but it's soooooooooooooooooo worth checking them out anyway. The chemistry is simply ridiculous. There's even a little bonus in there for the sapphics because Angelina Jolie is in it wearing luxurious Grecian robes and gallons of eyeliner and she's STUNNING. Something for everyone.

(Also, if you'd like a protip: there are other cuts of the movie, like a director's cut or something, that's missing some Alex/Heph moments in the original BUT added in others the original didn't have and the additions are nice. Absolutely worth skimming through for the extra stuff.)

#GW Asks #Alexander 2004

[the-dark-ghost]

XD

#mean girls #mean boys #my humor is so dead #:) hehe #alexander 2004 #mean girls 2004 #xd #diva #make a fanfic about this #ao3 fanfic #im sorry #but their poses give me diva vibes

[michaelmellsmum1]

Sorry, i had to fix it.

#alexander the great #alexander 2004 #Alexander and Hephaestion #hephaestion #gay ships #ancient greek #history #history lover #ships