A Waste of Film

Rating: 1/10 (23 December 2006)

The entire movie was contrived and fake. Colin Farrell turned an amazing historical figure into a whining, pedantic child of 34. How could someone like him get beyond his own pettiness to conquer an empire? There is no depth to any of the characters. It was as if everyone got together to play dress up and pretend. Some scenes (monkeys come to my mind) were over the top and bordered on the ridiculous. Angelina Jolie didn't play the mother of a king but the shrew wife of a drunk who went to the Borat School of Diction. Not only was the acting the absolute WORST I've seen from so called *professional* actors, but the movie was so long and boring. I fell asleep through it at the movies. I tried to give it a second chance on TV but couldn't do it. What did they put in the Kool=Aid on set? Each actor has made good films before, but it's like they all ganged up to make the worst one here. HORRIBLE, save the $4.50 you'll pay for PPV or at Blockbuster.