Review of The Alamo (2004) by Donald W — 16 Apr 2009
This new telling of the story of the Alamo is a very good movie. It sticks to historical accuracy as much as possible. Unfortunately no one knows what really happened inside of the Alamo since everyone was killed.
What little is known is included in the movie and the rest is fictionalized. The weakness of the movie is that they didn't spend enough time setting up the story. If you don't know the history you don't know the importance of the story.
They never explained why the Texans were rebelling against Mexico. They hinted at Sam Houston's goal to be the President of a Republic but they didn't show that he went to Texas on orders from Andrew Jackson and his true goal was to make Texas part of the United States.
There is a good scene were Santa Anna explains to his officers that whoever controlled Texas controlled North America and that the losers would live in poverty for generations while the winners would become a world power.
Billy Bob Thornton did an excellent job of portraying Davy Crockett. The battle scenes are well done with authentic replicas of the weapons of the era. After the battle they move on to Sam Houston and the Battle of San Jacinto.
They leave out the fate of the 300 men captured and executed by Santa Anna at Goliad. The best quote is "We're going to need more men.".
This review of The Alamo (2004) was written by Donald W on 16 Apr 2009.
The Alamo has generally received mixed reviews.
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