An Epic Mess [in the best possible way]

Rating: Null/10 (12 December 2004)

As a big fan of movies like this, I was very excited to see 'Alexander'. I read the reviews when it came out- they were not flattering. I went anyways.
It's not a 'film'. It's a movie. It's a three-hour hot mess that somehow stays entertaining enough for me to watch it like an excited schoolgirl. There are so many things I could pick on, but I'll go with the editing: the choice to drop Philip's death in the third hour was, well, stupid. The acting is almost over the top [Angelina Jolie, although you made a great psycho, I'm looking at you], with my personal favorite acting done by Jared Leto.
Despite the short-comings, it's still an entertaining epic mess of a movie. And entertainment is what movies are about, right?