Worst movie of the year?

Rating: 1/10 (25 November 2004)

I cannot imagine rating this movie even as high as a 2, except possibly for Angelina Jolie's performance. The dialogue (trite and wordy), music (overpowering and telegraphing every scene), casting of Colin Farrell in the lead role (wooden, lacking in charisma, and just "wrong"), and cinematography (derivative) were all exceptionally boring. It's extremely hard for Anthony Hopkins to be dull, but with the script he had to work with he had no choice.
It's an obvious choice to compare this movie to Gladiator. Although I certainly didn't think Gladiator was best film of its year, in every way it ranked above Alexander.