Terrible Disappointment! Critics were right!

Rating: 2/10 (2 December 2005)

My Review for Alexander may seem harsh to some and may seem gentle to others but this is my opinion of this movie.
IT STINKS!!!
Visually it was fantastic, at times it left me actually believing that they were filmed in Babylon, well except for the fact it was destroyed and it was computer simulation. The story wasn't too bad either, for being fictitious about Alexander the great. Well except for one thing The thing I could not accept or get past, the thing that bothered me was the on going romance between Alexander and Hephaistion. It was very out of place for a male loving male romance. Seeing that Alexander the movie was supposed to be a big historic epic with lots of battles, aka a guy movie with some eye candy for their dates. Like Troy, Gladiator or Braveheart.
Because of this romance between the two guys it often left me feeling very uncomfortable to the point the rest of the movie was missed. Although there maybe is 5 or 10 minutes max of this romance and only one part where they got into bed with each other (Thankfully no detail!) those few minutes ruined the movie for me.
I bought this movie on DVD to see if what was said was true about it. That maybe it wasn't as bad as people said. However when I was finished watching this movie all I could think was "WHAT WAS OLIVER STONE THINKING!" He basically ruined a great movie by adding something that did not need to be added to this movie and what's worse something that wasn't even true.
Visually it was great! But the male romance in it was more than I needed in a movie of this type. Too bad because I was so hoping that the critics were wrong. Glad I only paid $12.00 CAD for it.