Great epic tale about the greatest man who ever lived!

Rating: 8/10 (23 January 2005)

Last night i went to see Alexander although the grade it was given here at IMDb was disappointing to say the least. i have been looking forward to this movie ever since i saw the names oliver stone and his cast, and after seeing the trailer i was convinced this would be a great movie! So i went to the cinema and i was stunned, how could this movie get such a low rating when it should have gotten a high mark instead! The beginning of the story we can see some nice acting from val kilmer and jolie as parents to young Alexander,.. the struggle in his family is clear and very nice shot by stone. we see jolie as the strange woman who plays the mysterious mother and the hard val kilmer as the "tutuous" father.. after that we see Alexander becoming the man he always wanted to be, perfect acting by colin farrel.. the battles in this movie are quite different from what we have seen before, we actually see tactics instead of 15000 people running into each other! the combat is chaotic but on the larger scale organized!
The biggest downfall for this movie probably is that many people found it too long and too gay.. well i had no problems with either and can honestly say that this movie is truly a great movie!