I'd rather read The Illiad.

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Actually, as far as I know, he was well-known for everything you listed there.  Historically, that IS telling the story as it is.  Be careful what you wish for

Alexander was something between a genius mind and a paranoid. In fact this two aspects are always very close to each other. This is why he managed such a military achievement reaching india with much lesser forces and for the same reason he caused his best friend's (or lover's) death, eventualy meeting his own death later. A superior intelligence which made him feel superior to others, even a god but always with human weaknesses, sometimes full of compassion, sometimes merciless but civilized in his way and for the era standards (he evacuated Persepolis before burning it).
As it concerns homosexuality, it was viewed in a much different way than it is today and this holds true for the Roman era as well (before christianity).

I have not seen the movie but Alexander's personality is quite adequately depicted in the paragraph above. Despite the subject, I rarely trust movies seeking historical truth as they are made for profit rather than historical acuracy, not that all that is seen in a movie is imagination.

Oliver Stone Sales his controversi,he did with kenedy, Fidel,Evita ( as guidenist),Now he screw up in a movie very expencive,and mix In his twisted mind a movie with a strange argument (NO ONE IN THIS PLANET CAN'T ASURE THE ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS GAY)but the result was a strong criticism ,a failure in sales,a big wasted money,But what Im trying to say was,a great movie doen't need Colin,Angelina,Val,and even Sir Antony Hopkings ,A  a docen of thousand extras,scenario to be real ,for me its like another Like another TV development movie by this "strange argument",
Ches!! even Mel Gibson had made two great movies one as Braveheart wich he act,this guy is a winner..

,Troy was the best example Both are from warnel qand came out the same year
But many people made a good critisism about this one particulary today,Maybe Oliver is getting too old,I haven't seen World Trace Center ;I hope this time ,make a better job,This is a very delicate matter and touch Millons of heart (Mine included)
Company as Warnel ,twentieth,Universal ,have to see more close their inversment


 

Generally speaking, I am not against basing a movie or a book, on historical events and altering them but in this case the creator has to make clear that it is a workout based on soemthing and not a historical truth. Braveheart was one of my favourite movies and I know it is not 100% precise, at least not proven to be. But I think it is mentioned in the begining anyway.