Why the bad reviews

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2004)

I understand why Alexander got bad reviews from the press. Stone had a really difficult task of making a "historicaly correct" film, and was too focused on Alexander's ordeals. If he had spiced-up the movie a little bit, like having more action sequences and suspense-filled scenes (plus a little less of his sexual escapades), it would have garnered good reviews. He should have learned from past films like the Liz Taylor starrer "Cleopatra", which received poor reviews too. I liked the film, but Stone should have done something that should have tickled the senses of the movie fans. Some of my friends told me that the movie was boring, and left the movie house halfway through the movie. They told me it is nothing near "Gladiator", which they truly loved.