Not What I Expected

Rating: 3/10 (29 November 2004)

I think this is the first Oliver Stone movie I haven't enjoyed. Such a great topic and it barely left its feet. Not enough history and too specific about personal conversations and events nobody could possibly know. On a side note, what the hell was with the elephants? Throwing people with their trunks, goring people with tusks and letting out screeching battle cries?! Perhaps the elephants in 30 B.C. were a little more ferocious than those I am accustomed to. I guess I will have to wait for the version with DiCaprio. Hopefully it will be a little more historically significant and less of Colin Ferrell weeping at every other moment. Very disappointing......... I believe this topic could have been put together in a much better fashion and with tremendously better action scenes.