Best of Luck Mr. Stone - you will need it.

Rating: Null/10 (23 November 2004)

First of all ,,, only once I saw so many people walking out of a movie ,,, I counted 8 ... who gave up and did not want to sit through 2h40min.
The movie starts in Alexandria ...where we are told by a slow walking Anthony Hopkins about the life of Alexander the Great ,,, flash backs ,,, starting with Alexander's death followed by his childhood (mother, who is a snake fanatic is almost raped by his drunken father, his youth (how he got his horse) and so on and so forth ,,, a very slow moving story ... until the first battle ... of course it is done all very well ... impressive, yes, but we have seen nice battles in Gladiator and in Troy or even better in Bravheart (William Wallace talking to his mean before the going to war is much more impressive than Alexander) ... the famous strategies of Alexander are not explained enough ... shame ... And the gay parts ... what was all this about ... all this I love you and and and boring, slow moving, again talking - but in a very superficial way ,,, nothing in depth ... good opportunities have been missed ... yes, there is a lot of blood ... the acting ... we have seen better ... the costumes ... sometimes looked to me like brand new (or is it just me)- the end is clear ... once i India he wants to go back home ... and dies. And with him our hopes that this movie will be a great one ... I don't regret that I went and saw it ... at least I did not have to pay ... (I would have) but I am curious to see how "well" it will do at the post office. Good luck Mr. Stone.