unfortunate

Rating: 2/10 (14 May 2005)

Considering that Aexander the Great is one of the most fascinating historical figures as well as a brilliant commander in and off the battle field, it is a great pity that this film gave no depth to the man who accomplished so much in so little time or to his genius battle strategy. I expected the movie to be reasonably bad from the reviews, but I was still disappointed. Recently Kingdom of Heaven came out, and that is what Alexander could have been; a movie with clear historical context and narrative, a clear vision of the strategy and development of the main characters. Had Alexander been drastically cut: the battle simulations eliminated and redone with narrative and clear visuals, the relationship with his mother less about filming snakes... then maybe this film could have had a little more impact.