Though I would not wish suffering upon you, I kinda wish you had stayed. One review claims he switched into Natural Born Killers mode half way through the thing. That alone would kill any desire I might have had to see the movie.
The History Channel documentary was also a disaster, I think. They had three hours to tell in detail how Alexander accomplished his conquests and they fell two hours and thirty minutes short of the mark. Even Indian/Buddhist culture was changed by this man. Heck, even Buddha was changed. After his arrival, images of the Buddha reflected a decidedly Hellenic influence.
for those of you from Rio Linda:
Helenistic influence means Greek influence.