The Soundtrack by Vangelis is awesome... the movie has flaws

Rating: 5/10 (5 August 2005)

What I loved about the movie: - the soundtrack is sure to be an Olympic ice skaters staple... it achieves the grandeur of Alexander, close you eyes and use your imagination when you get bored of wading thru the movie on screen - the battle scenes are spectacular but close your eyes if you are an animal lover - Jared Leto made his character come to life in his facial expressions toward Alexander and should have played a much larger role to make the Gay love story more of a focus for the movie - Angelina Jolie was superb as the mysterious and fearless mother of Alexander (but I found all those snakes distracting)
What I hated about the movie: -Colin Farrell was awful and you never identify with Alexander... even I was wanting to poison him toward the end. -Anthony Hopkins was talking so much I thought I had mistakenly put my DVD on a commentary track - Too much animal violence for me - I wanted some gay scenes between Colin and Jared but the movie seemed reluctant to show them together either romantically or physically. - The movie was too long although if it had a story I wouldn't have minded