Battleangel

Quite a pleasant surprise actually. I am actually starting to believe in Leonardo DiCaprio as Alexander (the Great).

Gangs was much grittier than I expected. I think I expected to see a simple showdown between the two male leads but this became just a sidetrack for the main story. Sure, there are plenty of cliches but most of them were smoothed over and the whole surely became greater than the sum of the parts. No subplot is forgotten and none is too voluminous.

What it all boils down to is time. That and human emotions. The principles. Kind of the futility of it all. The worlds we build, the societies we nurture. The countless corpses that pave the way .. it makes me wonder if it is worth the price. Or maybe the there is no price too great …
Caskets are reeled ashore while new recruits board. All going off to fight for principles. Rival gangs fight and kill each other like drama in a theater. They never stop to ponder for what or whom they fight. And while the headlines are being written by the empowered few, the ordinary man bleeds in the street. A story just dying to get told.
God is ever present. Some pray for life, some for death. Some for power or good fortune. The same god .. just a matter of opinion and hallow beliefs. Everyone has got something worth dying for but are they masters of their own destiny?
The ending was kind of nice. For me it meant a lot and really underlined the philosophy of it all. Timeless. Reminding us that nothing is forever. No matter how great we were in life, we all fade in death. And so do our pompous principles that we once lived by.

Futile. Gritty. Human vanity.