Will go down as a Classic

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2005)

It seems that this film got a real drubbing at the hands of the critics and the US box office, so I was expecting the worst when I went to see this film at my local cineplex. I was happily surprised. This film is fantastic, a great epic. Its almost 3 hours fly by and if I had to find fault it was that in order to please audiences the film is about an hour or two too short. The acting is superb(Farrell and Jolie especially) and so is the story(with a character like Alexander there are so many different angles you can take!). Best of all is the battle of Gaugamela, which for me, is one of the most stunning battles scenes since Spartacus! Even if the rest of the film was rubbish(and its definitely not) I would recommend this film on the strength of that alone. For now, its a pity to watch this film castigated, although I'm pretty sure that in about 10-15 years time people will be remembering it as a classic.