Where has Oliver Stone gone and who is this weak imitator?

Rating: 1/10 (5 December 2004)

I don't know how this movie is receiving Oscar buzz. The dialogue is long-winded and overly dramatic. The dialects of the main characters change throughout the course of the movie. Oliver Stone is known for creating long films and most of the time i don't mind his thoroughness, but in this case the movie was overdrawn and repetitive. The flashback scenes were out of place and actually deterred from the motive of the movie. If we had seen Kilmer's death before Alexander swept the world to fulfill and exceed his father's dream, maybe it would have been more believable. Simply knowing that this guy actually existed and did these things is not enough to capture the audience, Oliver Stone has to show us and support it with logical thought. Whatever happened to the story telling from JFK or the imagery from Natural Born Killers. Hopefully Oliver Stone, who i respect and love, has not lost his mind but based upon the weak plot, over-the-top acting and general poor nature of this film it may seem that his ability has run its course.