Stupid but spectacular.

Rating: 3/10 (25 June 2007)

Q.: What happens when you subtract all the sense from Gladiator and mix it with the dumb approach of Troy and flavor it with unlikely and unreal characters (note: these need to be based on real persons strictly)?
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A.: Well, obviously the movie Alexander!
The three points out of ten go to the love to the detail and the good looks of the movie. Because you might argue, that Alexander has a silly, even ridiculous script, but it surely has been shot nicely.
While the occasion could have been used to depict Alexander as a great tactic, as a great ruler, as a great leader, as an interesting character, as a great thinker, or as a great man, in the least, instead a picture of a shaky, confused and pitiable person is painted.
He is tormented by his influential mother, enters difficult relationships, and is altogether in the need of a big hug.
Although the approach taken is interesting, it does not work very well. (I would just like to add in brackets that I never understood why Alexander's performer had to be dyed blonde. Why Angelina Jolie has to go about the place with snakes. Why it is so important that Alexander could have been bisexual, I thought it was already common knowledge that such sexual orientation was quite usual in those days. I'll stop here.)
If you haven't watched it already, watch only if you are an avid fan of Greek mythology/ history, and enjoy spectacular movies and fight scenes even without contents. I can assure you that it is possible.