Refuting the "Worst Movie in 10 Easy Steps" in 10 Easier steps - OK maybe 8

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2010)

1. Casting was excellent with the exception of Jared Leto who can't act his way out of a wet paper sack. Angelina Jolie is always a pleasure to behold but perhaps a bit too hot for a mommy.
2. I don't remember a harp playing through the entire film. What I remember is an amazing, powerfully sweeping score by the master Vangelis.
3. Shows Alexander as the troubled, egotistical but brilliant and beloved warrior, commander and king of the Macedonians.
4. Possibly the most epic filmed battle scene in cinema history - the Battle of Galgamela. True to historical accuracy from the mighty phalanx formations down to the lowliest peltast and his sling.
5. Clever use of the Irish accent in contrast to the many films we are used to that always portray Greeks and Romans with proper British accents. Kind of shows the Macedonians as distant clannish "cousins" of the Greeks in this manner. Whoever criticized this point must have something against the freaking Irish.
6. The point was well made and also contemporary and topical at a time not long after the events of 9/11. It was about Alexander's dream and attempt to reconcile the peoples of the East and West.
7. Alexander was one of, if not THE most brilliant field commanders in history. This we know. He was also a visionary so we did not NEED to have the entire 3 hours devoted to battle and slaughter. (See Point #4 - good enough for me)
8. The most stupid and ridiculous criticism of a long list of stupid criticisms - not even going to bother with this one.
9. Ditto to the rest...
I'll just end by saying, Oliver Stone does not make pointless horrible movies. The only thing that made me cringe in this movie was Jared Leto whispering sweet nothings into Collin Farrel's ear... this was a brilliant movie and one of my most favorite by Oliver Stone. I'm just glad there's as much controversy about the quality of this film as there was about Alexander's life.
To the person who wrote the original "10 Step" critique - if you can't understand films like this, maybe you should stick to films like Animal House or Transformers.