They should have made it a cartoon

Rating: 6/10 (30 July 2006)

Oliver Stone? An epic movie of the greatest king Alexander? Come on! I really really admire you, Oliver. I admire the movies you made in the 1980s. I love JFK so much that I really can't believe this "epic" you made.
How much did they spend to make this big movie with such an expensive cast including Angelina Julie, Hopkins and Val Kilmer? Maybe this is the only reason for some people to see this one, I believe. But did they worth it? Hmmm... Maybe. If you like watching some Brad Pitt style performance by Colin the boy, you will like it somehow. But the problem is there are really too many colors which are so abused in the movie. Everything seems unrealistic, maybe the director spent too much in telling some trivia like the source of "monkey". But if you can't feel any distance between India and Babylon, how could you be satisfied with the discovery of monkey? I'm wondering if those gore scene about elephants should be cut due to the animal-protecting law.I'm also wondering if all the so-forced porno scenes could really amuse the audience.
After all, they should have made it a cartoon with so many colors and so unrealistic battle scenes involved. And if so, it would have been awesome.