A well-done history masterpiece. 5.5 is an IMDb joke.

Rating: 10/10 (7 June 2017)

I wanted to watch this movie for far too long but I always delayed it to watch other movies because there wasn't an incentive to watch it, 5.5 points on IMDb? really?
oh boy, i was so wrong.
This movie totally satisfied me, as i wasn't expecting much from it.
The story telling was great, I liked the switch between the past and the present(less past?) often. It really helped us to understand the character better.
In my defense, I was always interested in Alexander the Great but I never fully had to chance to know about him. This movie managed to overcome my hunger.
Same as during the battle scenes, it keeps us informed as "macedonian right" or "macedonian center" things like that. i wish all movies would do that so that i can grasp the battle really, totally in essence.
I'm trying to understand people's mindset about this. I guess maybe it came out in the same year with Troy in 2004. Troy was also about history but the battle scenes were soo much more quality than Alexander for sure. Maybe people were expecting to see something similar.
The character buildup is great, soon after i started to feel like i was there with Alexander or i felt like i was him, making the decisions and he always kept his calm and explained when he needed to.
Maybe we got the characters so well because the movie is pretty long. According to IMDb its 2:55 but i watched a version which it was even longer 3:33. But I never felt bored. This movie is a must for history lovers. If you are looking for glorious battle scenes you might not find them.
I'm a lover of maps and a sizable chunk of the movie passes on showing the maps during studies of young Alexander or in his chambers before battle and when the storyteller tells us. So it was not too much nor too less. Extremely adequate.
In papers English was written in Greek style which was a nice touch.
Music at the end (i knew it, but i didn't know the name so i shazamed it) was amazing (titans vangelis). It was a nice finishing touch for such a great movie.
Also I had to like the movie, even though i wouldn't have liked the movie in general out of respect to the amazing actors i know from various movies and series:
(i'll just type their names and most prominent acts in my eyes)
Anthony Hopkins {Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Noah, The Silence of the Lambs, Amistad}
Angelina Jolie {Salt, Wanted, Kung Fu Panda, Mr. & Mrs. Smith}
Val Kilmer {Hardwired, Felon, The Love Guru, Heat}
Christopher Plummer {Inside Man, Syriana, A Beautiful Mind, Twelve Monkeys}
Colin Farrell {True Detective, The Lobster, Seven Psychopaths, S.W.A.T., Hart's War, Tigerland}
Jared Leto {Suicide Squad, Mr. Nobody, Lord of War, Fight Club}
Jonathan Rhys Meyers {From Paris with Love}
Rory McCann {Game of Thrones}
Toby Kebbell {Gold, Warcraft: The Beginning, Black Mirror, War Horse, The Veteran, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time}
Rosario Dawson {Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Unstoppable, Seven Pounds, Clerks II, Sin City, 25th Hour}