Do you know who was Alexander, cause Stone wasn't sure?

Rating: 2/10 (6 October 2007)

I like history very much and I think that Alexander is definitely one of the most intriguing historical persons. He ruled the entire known world and he was so young when he died (33) that it's impossible for us to understand how did he conquered everything and yet remain undefeated in battle. Stone's Alexander is boring. And the question is: how did Stone succeeded to make such a boring movie from such interesting character? I will give you as much answers as I can.
Casting. It is quite amazing how none of the actors managed to fit his/her role.
Directing. Stone is great director but he's lost in this kind of movie. Stone's "Platoon" is one of the best movies but after "Alexander" and "World Trade Center" I'm asking myself what is he doing? Other director is required for this movie.
Music. Music is good but why we are listening it while the fight is taking place? At first major battle music takes place as priority and real sounds of battle are lost. Big minus.
Length. The entire movie is so long. It just goes on and on. I don't mind sitting and watching something good for three hours but this isn't that case.
Narrator. Stone uses narrator to tell us the whole story and his narrator is Ptolemy (Anthony Hopkins). If Stone didn't use the narrator the whole movie would be faster and some boring parts would be cut out.
Fighting scenes. All battle scenes aren't impressive and this film is called spectacular. Spectacular for what? In what part? In this kind of movies spectacle is granted by big fighting scenes. But there are many elements required to make good fight scene. One of them is leading actor.
Colin Farrell. Stone's first choice was Russell Crowe. Crowe said no and then Farrell got the role. From Crowe to Farrell. That's a large step. Crowe's strength and appearance vs. Farrell's weak and fragile look. Alexander was strong individual whose strength was his main plus. Do Crowe and Farrell look the same to you?
Angelina Jolie. Why oh why? She's Olympias, you know the mother of Alexander (Farrell). But when I last checked Farrell had 31 and Jolie 32. Possible?
Mistakes. I don't even want to talk about this part. There are so many mistakes. From years to changing scars on actors from one scene to another.
Accent and language. Alexander is speaking English? Oh well Stone is not Mel Gibson ("Passion","Apocalypto") but why his actors are changing accents? Olympias sounds like European in some scenes and Alexander has British accent.
It's enough. I'm done, I don't want to think about this movie any more. If only the movie won some of the Razzies. Stone deserved it. Really disappointing effort for such established director.