Oliver Stone's Worst Film

Rating: 2/10 (31 January 2020)

Prior to this movie's release in 2004 there was alot of oscar talk. Oliver Stone had done very long oscar nominated movies before. Both Nixon and JFK were excellent and both clocked in at over 3 hours. Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July and Salavador are 4 of the best films of the 80's.
So how did he get Alexnder so badly wrong.
This is bad on so many levels. First the positives. This film is book ended by 2 really great battle sequences, the production design is excellent and Anthony Hopkins gives the only dramtic performance in the film.
No matter what version of the film you watch. The theatrical cut, Director's Cut or the Final Cut all 3 versions have the same issues. The acting and the awful accents.
Firstly. Alexander was not irish. Why on earth did Oliver Stone let Colin Farrell keep his irish accent is beyond belief. However, just as bad is how Val Kilmer who is Americam also speaks in an irish accent and Alexnader's mother played by an awful Angelina Jolie has a Russia/Romanian type accent.
For a film that needed to be historically accurate and dramtic this is also one of the most unintentionally funny movies you will ever see. The love making scene is so bad it's funny and most of the film has Alexander and his generals just shouting at each other in irish accents. It's like walking into irish bar and seeing drunks shouting at each other. The film is way too long, the charcters are completely bland, the dialogue is awful and the acting is utterly terrible.
No wonder Colin Farrell considered quitting acting after this.
Oliver Stone also has never recovered from this as he has not made a decent film since 1995's Nixon.
Avoid!