B-O-R-I-N-G

Rating: Null/10 (25 November 2004)

I saw this turkey on Thanksgiving. And it occurred to me that whereas millions of dollars and a cast of millions can generate a lousy film, the best film of this year has, in effect, only two characters in it -- "Before Sunrise".
Stone's film also revived a memory of another Alexander treatment, the one with Richard Burton as the Macedonian conqueror. It wasn't a masterpiece by any means, but I do recall one scene that was better than any in Stone's version: Burton's Alexander had his soldiers intermarry with the women in the countries they conquered. The camera panned down through the two files of grooms and brides, showing us in one shot how Alexander planted Greek culture throughout the Middle East.