Phenomenal Battles Drowned By Boring Scenes

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2007)

Alexander is one of those movies you'll either hate or love. I actually partially enjoyed this movie but it does have many flaws. First off I have to say the battle scenes were excellent-a lot of action, blood, gore etc. However only two battles actually took place in Alexander disappointing a lot of people who wanted to see something like Gladiator, Troy, and Braveheart.
I honestly could only watch this movie by forwarding the majority of the film to get to the battles, however I loved to watch the battles again and again. The acting in this movie is for the most part pretty good but could have been better in some of the characters.
The story was a bit confusing and a lot of the times I was wondering what was going on in the film. My advice to anyone who wants to see this movie is to not expect something like the other epic war films you've seen before and prepare for a lot of non-fighting and in my opinion awkward scenes. I do advise that if you are watching this movie for the first time to have a little patience because the battle scenes are pretty impressive and use decent CGI.
The main reason this movie isn't as highly-rated as epic war films like Gladiator, Troy, or Braveheart is that you will probably find yourself forwarding most of the movie to get to the good parts.
My Rating: 6.3/10