Excellent

Rating: 9/10 (23 March 2006)

I think Stone is one of the most remarkable directors, platoon, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, etc. people that saw Alexander in theaters did not get to see the version Stone wanted, that is the studio version. I've seen Alexander director's cut about 4 times, much better than the one they showed in cinemas. What a masterpiece, excellent, perfect, beautiful... war scenes are how they really where in those times, and also remember Stone fought in Vietnam. I think the general public didn't like it so much was because it is a very disturbing story, about sex, drugs, alcohol, homosexuality, war, pain, faith, love, hate and religion...people don't seem to get that homosexuality in those times was a very normal thing. so for the general public to see Alexander kissing his friends, and later kissing his wife, gets weird. Braveheart is a good movie, but has so many historical mistakes, in order to make it fit for screen and because they want the movie to sell, the same with the horrible Troy, and Gladiator, but Alexander takes movie making to another level, you can see how millions of Greeks and Asians fight to death in one of the most bloody centuries of mankind. the movie has two wars, both perfectly shot, this is the kind of war you have never seen on film, braveheart's horses are replaces by camels and elephants, in a never seen before battle field, taking us into the dusty dessert, and into the jungle. perfect acting by Anthony Hopkins, an excellent Collin Farrel, and as always, a lovely and sexy Angelina Jolie, val kilmer is great as king Phillip, Alexander's father...you should see this movie, but try to get the directors cut, far better than the original studio editing piece of crap....great score by Greek composer Vangelis, who got a nice budget for experimenting with percussion instruments, this makes the score so much powerful....you should watch this movie...great great film.