Details and action sorely lacking!

Rating: 4/10 (27 March 2005)

This movie should have been made a lot better. Robin Lane Fox, the historian for the film should be ashamed of the outcome (Oliver Stone too) They took a great topic and made it boring. The tale was told from Plutarch's account to a certain respect mixed with fantasy. It should have been based on Arrian's account of Alexander. Gaugemela and the battle against Porus where the only battle scenes in the movie. The movie should contained those plus: Charonea, Granicus, Issus. Also the siege of Tyre which may have been Alexander's greatest accomplishment was missing. Also there was no mention of Barsine, and Staitra (The other women in his life.) Finally another very relevant detail was left out, the visit to Siwah where the priests told him he was the son of Zeus. That information drastically changed Alexander's life. The man was the greatest military mind this world has ever seen, he was also very astute. Later, sadly, he became despotic and was mostly likely poisoned. There is your movie Oliver Stone!