A great example on how to ruin a good story.

Rating: Null/10 (3 December 2004)

I have a History degree. I have read numerous books about Alexander. I have watched several TV documentaries about the character, including the one about the making of this movie. Even with all this background I had a terrible time just trying to figure out what was going on in the movie. The director took what could have been a GREAT story and muddied so badly by leaving out important events in Alexander's life while emphazing the idea that he was (perhaps) AC/DC over and over and over again. Colin Farrell did a superb job of acting and made his character very believable. As far as the other actors, I've seen more empathy on a High School Drama stage. The director completely ignored the action of Philip conquering Greece, and Alexander's command of the calvary as a desicive part of that battle. He ignored the great battles with Darius prior to Galgameth. He skipped over Alexander in Eygpt. Even the battle scenes, which were very elaborate, were ruined by the director's camera angles, special visual effects, and stop-start filming. If Alexander had not himself described what his plans were in the battle against Darius, the viewer would have had no idea at all what was going on (the famous "gap" that happened in the Persian lines was invisible in the scene). I looked forward to viewing this film ever since it was first announced as going into production. It was a huge disappointment.