Alexander 2004

Rating: 1/10 (27 September 2007)

honestly the film was a flop, Colin clearly lacked the character strength to match what the audience expected of Alexander. Colin has this boyish careless character which showed too much in the the film, we didn't expect Alexander the great to be anything less than dead serious-forget the historics Stone was trying to portray. the opportunity naturally offered by a great story like that of Alexander was messed up by the poor acting of this movies cast. there was also the issue of overblown oratory which is mainly caused by over-directing, this can happen in the form of excessive script adherence which kills an actor's creativity. i personally expected a serious Alexander like Brad Pitt's Achilles in the movie Troy. You see, Colin Farel was not the guy for this movie, he doesn't just cut the cool and determined posture of a killer which is what Alexander was, the acting was not convincing and it could hardly immmerse a critical or attentive mind. take a look at 'The last Samurai' and you see what it means to get immersed. Lastly the battle scenes were regretable, am shocked to see someone compare them to that of Troy-impossible. Troy was an excellent movie through and through.