Review of Alexander (2004) by Demiurged. — 08 Sep 2005

I dont understand how anyone could even BEGIN to give this anything resembling a high rating. We all know that Alexander "batted for both teams", so to speak... and frankly nobody cares. Oliver Stone obviously felt like using this aspect would be more compelling to audiences than the greatness that Alexander was revered for.

I suppose the only aspect of this movie that is worth mentioning, is the effort put into the photography and scenery... it was beautifully shot in some instances, but that is about all it had going for it.

It was a pain to sit through, to be perfectly honest. I have never been to a movie theatre, where a movie was actually BOOed at the end. I just think it was so terrible to take a story as great as that of Alexanders conquest, and turn it into some sort of 'suprise' tactic using his bisexuality as the main pull for the movie.

Rediculous - poor acting, poor storyline - it was so annoying to even want to pay attention to the plot, that you just want to get up and leave. A huge waste of time, dont even bother renting it - the special on Alexander the Great featured on the Discovery channel was 10X as entertaining, and I am not just saying that.

.. There is so much to say about how bad it was, I am now at a loss of words.