a ten, for the effort and a balanced result

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2007)

I give this movie a ten, not because it's a great movie to see with some popcorn and a coke. I mean: it's not the green mile or brevet. However, if you look at it with a historical point of view, it truly is a masterpiece. Not because it's historically accurate, such a film is simply impossible, but because it gives a perfect mixture and reflection of many scientific theories around the historical Alexander. Almost nothing is known about Alexander. The first written information about this miraculous figure dates back from three hundred years after his death. Stone isn't merely trying to entertain us, he informs us , mixes the most prolific and believable theories around the historical Alexander with fiction and place the information that's given in the process in the right perspective, sometimes even downplays it. The result is an overdose on information without the conventional storyline and the conventional characters, that is not relaxing to watch for everyone among us, I understand. I experienced the same thing after seeing it twice. A film like the green mile is easier on the mind and evokes more tears, and makes you want to identify with the characters. I think 'the green mile' is great, Alexander however deserves to be judged on a different level. Just see it with a historical perspective. It definitely doesn't deserve a 5.4, therefore and because I'm impressed with the unconventional result, I give it a ten! Bert-Jan from the Netherlands