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Rating: 1/10 (24 February 2005)

Oliver Stone is a director that you either love or hate, there is no in the middle. I happen to be one of those people who enjoy Oliver Stone films mostly, though, I agree he is excessive with his vision. This is one of those movies that is excessive. Alexander is a huge Roman epic that falls on it's face. I never felt so cheated by a movie as I did when I left this one. I am willing to testify that this is one of the absolute worst movies I have ever seen. I'll give credit to Colin Ferrel and Val Kilmer, I do think they did a fairly good job, but this movie about a great conqueror is undeniably weak. It has the slowest and most exhausting battles sequences, AND THERE'S ONLY TWO! A movie about a warrior and it has only two battles in it that aren't worth a grain of salt. For as many people that chastise Michael Bay, he could have made this movie something interesting. I mean Stone didn't seem to care too much about audience interest in the story, so we might as well have some good action in this film. Stone seemed to want to beat it in your mind so that'll you never forget that Alexander was gay. We understand this when we see Alex's eyes following the men and how close he is to Jared Leto's character but that's enough. It was like every other seen involved some sort of homosexual activity. Stone wondered astray with this movie, losing sight of what Akexander was historically (in the sense). Don't wast your time. Alexander is nothing more than a 3 hour snuff film that is as exciting as watching a worm and a snail race. My apologies to anyone who likes this film.