Oliver Stones Best Film, and The Best Film of the Year.

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2004)

Colin deserves to win the best actor Oscar, and it would be a crime if he just got a nomination. Angelina also deserves an Oscar, and the rest of the cast does great too. The story, well its one of the greatest stories ever, is well told, and for those complaining its hard to follow because of the narration, lets not forget Stone is compressing an entire life into 3 hours so pay attention and you will understand, I know its hard for all you MTV brainwashed losers and ignorant people to focus after getting used to all those pointless comedies, but movies like this deserve your attention, and since Stone is the master of intensity, he makes it easy with great acting, camera work and masterful directing, all I know is my eyes were glued to the screen, every second was brilliant. Its powerfully dramatic and intelligent, it also offers 2 great battles which are realistic, bloody, and long, but like I said there are only 2, it could have used at least 1 more with a one on one fight just to show how skilled Alex was in combat, perhaps the relationship between Roxanne and him could have been removed because it really isn't important, and a battle could have taken its place. Also don't listen to Ebert about this movie, he complains that there isn't enough between Alex and Hep, and too much between Roxanne and Alex, that is not true, the only real love relationship in the movie is Alex and Hep, Roxanne is there only to show us her breasts "not that I'm complaining" but I guess Stone didn't want to show the other kind of love scene, thank god, I don't mind the mention of being gay, but I don't ever want to see, well you know what, also if you don't like the movie because there is gay people in it, you dislike the movie for a false reason, the movie doesn't address the fact that Alex was bisexual, it talks about the bond that forms between 2 men who have lived, fought, and would die together, not liking this movie because of that fact is like saying you don't love someone you've known your entire life, and would mutually die for one another, I would say I loved someone who would die for me, I wouldn't sleep with them, but maybe thats why Stone didn't show that. In closing this movie is definitely a leading contender for many Oscars, and should definitely win best actor, picture, director, and actress, I give it a 10 out of a 10, it would be as good as Gladiator if it had more action.