Big name actors, but unrealistic

Rating: 5/10 (13 September 2006)

The lure of the this movie was seeing the actors. Colin Farrel steals your heart away with his good looks and charisma, Angelina Jolie is a great evil woman and Anthony Hopkins does some great speeches.
But the idea that Alexander the Great was out there unifying the planet so that everyone could live free is just too insane for me to believe that they put in the movie. They keep throwing the word freedom around so much that it makes the movie seem like an extension of the Bush administration in the same way that it wants to name french fries - freedom fries. In addition, there were some scenes that just went on far too long with graphics and solemn music. Come to the point already! Glad I waited for video.