Alexander the Average

Rating: 6/10 (16 June 2008)

The movie was long and there is no way around that. Yes, I have watched plenty of movies just as long or longer, but this one took more time to get to less places. And just to make it better, have the battle sequences use some less that appealing scenery and music for the mood.
It is a problem if one of the best features of the movie was the love/hate passion scene between Colin Farrell and Rosario Dawson. It was a scene where Alexander's love overcomes his new wife's hate. But more people were paying attention to the nudity both were showing. And since Dawson is the lesser known, people surely got to know her great looks.
I thought the story was OK. But for a historical epic, that is a problem. There should have more more about the battles he fought and less about his romantic escapades. And Angelina Jolie as Farrell's mother? That made no sense.
Overall, it is mildly entertaining. But I wanted more action for such a long movie. "C+"