It isn't that bad. What's the problem with this movie?

Rating: 8/10 (5 October 2005)

I heard a lot of bad news and reviews about "Alexander". But i don't see the big problem. Certainly the fights aren't as impressive as in Troy or the lord of the rings and some of the dialogue was not so good, but this movie has the great story telling going for it. It was a bit like history-class...
What i really don't understand is the big fuss about the love affairs in the movie. These were mentioned everywhere, i really did'n't see it. Of course there was some kissing, but if Gladiator was a bit history-real, then Russell probably had two boys in his tent every night. So i found this movie to be very neat and credible. And absolutely not worth more then the 5.5 given here at IMDb. For me it was good enough to rate it a 7.5/10.