Why all the negative comments

Rating: 8/10 (10 September 2005)

As i sit and read all the remarks for this movie, and seeing both the theatre and directors cut, it seems that the American public can never be satisified with anything anymore.
Granted this is not the best movie of all time nor is it the worst. All the actors did a fine job and Oliver Stone did his best to interpret the story.
Unfortunately, there were no video cameras or film camera back in ancient times, so we have to take the facts that we are given and interpret them as best we can. The movie does seem to focus on too many things to keep the common mans interest really peeked.
My minor in college was ancient history and while I am no expert by any means, I believe they did as well a job as Hollywood can do with the historical accuracies, yes there are a few things that are not as accurate as they can be; this is a movie produced my Hollywood, not a biography from the history channel.
Overall, I think the movie was done well with good acting and and scenes that can draw you in. As we know form history, Alexander was a very complicated man and that is very difficult to portray in just a movie.