Weak Basis

Rating: 2/10 (20 March 2012)

Regardless of the nice plays by actors and actresses,one of the things that surprised me,was that although the film carries the heavy title of a historic film it fails to do so in practice. When it wants to show the city of Babylon,the recreated images of palaces of Persepolis in Susa are shown. This weakness deems the hope of beside enjoying a film,having the joy of visualization of history. In great films like Cleopatra or Lawrence of Arabia you can get seated and let the movie tell the story of history accompanied by sounds and images. The film is made to portray an Epic but is lowered to picture an action story. Scenes and costumes are artistically recreated. Music and main theme is not as strong as it should be. Story of emergence of Alexander from a local king to a mighty one to attack an empire like the Persians is not properly pictured. The interesting trend in historic films that some lengthy parts or flashbacks are told by a narrator is not well felt in this movie. The great adventures of Alexander is limited to some battles and the course of life is not pictured well.