It's bad, and it could have been Great

Rating: 3/10 (27 March 2005)

Its bad very bad, Oliver Stones worst, the music was atrocious especially in the Battle Scenes, the Battle Scenes were average the accents were terrible, it was a bad movie unworthy of an Oscar nomination. Angelina Jolie was the best in a bad bunch, Colin Farrell as Alexander was an absolutely awful choice as lead, now why to all of the above? In the Battle scenes the music was neither triumphant nor tragic, uplifting or saddening, it was just....kind of an afterthought, it stirred no emotion or empathy i just felt nothing. Alexanders first address to his army was an absolute joke he looked pathetic and sounded ridiculous. Your in front of your army and your supposed to whip them into a fury, think about it, the Greeks are outnumbered by at least 3-1 and up to 10-1 by the Persians, the greatest empire in the world at the time, wouldn't you need a little more encouragement than what was given (a-la Mel Gibson in Braveheart). Colin Farrell as the lead (what was Oliver thinking), he has no physical presence, no leadership qualities, hes not a great orator, and by all historical accounts Alexander was a Man of Awesome presence, shouldn't this hold true for the person who pretends to be him?. Brad Pitt now there is the man who would have been perfect for the lead, but as we all know he was busy at the time. Colin Farrell is a bad actor even on his best day, he was woeful in this epic, he would have done much better as an hephastion. When you watch this movie did Colin Farrell stir any emotion, apart from complete disdain for his mediocre acting abilities? Did you feel sad when hephastion died? What about when Philip is murdered, or even parvenu? these are all characters central to the History of Alexander the Great yet we feel nothing when they pass. This is only my opinion but I felt nothing during this film, there were no feelings of elation or despair, amusement or disgust, sadness or happiness, there were no highs or lows, Oliver Stone imparted none of this to me.