Alexander: A Really Disappointing Missed Oppertunity

Rating: 4/10 (6 August 2019)

Oliver Stone's "Alexander" chronicles the life of the interesting Macedonian general, Alexander the Great. The movie really had potential, it has amazing visuals, and stays accurate to history. But the film is so bad. It's boring, badly acted, and just embarrassing.
Now, the movie almost three hours, and while I usually don't mind a long runtime. The film really feels like a drag at points, but what really makes this film bad, is the acting. It's beyond terrible. This movie's version of drama is yelling at each other. And it feels like a crappy stage-play, or a silent film with sound. As in a play, the actors have to scream so the audience can hear them, but this is a movie, so that's not an issue. And with a silent film, there was no luxory of sound to fully express the actors, but this movie isn't silent, so again, not an issue.
I can praise the film's attention to detail. The action is incredible, and the film is a beautiful spectacle, and it's clear that the film did it's research. But that doesn't make up for the bad acting and the shear bordum I felt watching it.

"Alexander" had the potential to be something truly amazing. But it was a seriously missed opportunity that really disappointed me.