unbearable

Rating: 2/10 (8 February 2005)

i saw it in Europe and i believe that it is definitely the same badly rated film as the USA saw. firstly it is 3 hours too long - when Alexander is shot with an arrow the entire cinema went to stand up and leave...unfortunately the film continued the painful torture for a further hour. secondly, Angelina Jolie and Colin Farrell are the same age, it is just impossible to believe they are mother and son. the dubious accents are another issue. the fact that the main characters all try to hide their Irish accents they do creep through. the fact that this is just one of several failing "swords and sandals" epics of late surely shows that they are not too revivable. the fact that alongside troy, they have managed to hide a very significant theme, homosexuality. surely it would have been better to have aimed at a slightly less mainstream audience and include the theme that the main characters are in love? especially since the mainstream audience hated it. towards the end of the film people were literally wishing for Alexander to get on with dying. the only silver lining was Angelina Jolie's acting, however, it was only a very slight silver lining (a rust tarnished one!)