A Great Personal Story.

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2004)

This is a movie about not who Alexander the great was, its about who the human Alexander was...his life, his family, the Cpl around him that shaped him, his dreams, his thoughts...its not about the man who fought over 50 battles and conquered land and thats it..this movie is like a personal diary of that great man...his great dreams and his great achievements, after all, Alexander is a man before he is the legend he became...if Cpl expect to see just wars and battles, of course they wont like the film, and thats why i sense most of the bad reviews are about.
I disliked some things about the film, 1 is oliver didn't show Alexander going to Egypt, although its a critical part of his life, when he met the oracles in Siwah and was declared son of zeus, and discovered the beautiful city Alexandria. Also 3 hours could've been used more to advantage of battles and more conquest, but yet again, the film is called Alexander not Alexander THE GREAT...
i realized coming out of that film is, such characters like Alexander, or other example Jesus, and other famous characters in history are larger than life, its not easy to make a movie about them...Stone's script was for 5 hours, but who the hell will sit for 5 hours...Its too hard to show everything you need in such short time...but i think, Oliver covered what is needed to be shown of Alexander's personal life overall this is a great film, i watched it twice, and liked it the 2nd time more than the first...