Alexander the mediocre

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2006)

The actors mostly did well though Collin Farrel as Alexander had to cry at least three scenes too much. The structure of the movie and the whole nature of it felt a bit uneven. Still the movie was interesting and somewhat enjoyable to watch. Alexander contained only two battle scenes which were portrayed very well and in a violent manner. They were interesting and good camera angles were used. The movie contained lots of homosexual references which makes stupid narrow minded people cringe. Unfortunately they were only references. I wish Oliver Stone would have been more daring with this issue. The biggest conqueror of all time was gay or at least bisexual. Get over it.
Some scenes could have been made shorter in the movie but the only completely unnecessary scene was the long heterosexual sex scene, so all the jocks could masturbate over Angelina Jolies ass and titties. How about a proper homosexual scene to make up for it? Or how about just leaving that scene to the cutting room floor?
In the end Alexander is not great. Instead he is quite mediocre.