Surprised

Rating: 4/10 (28 November 2004)

I was surprised by how truly bad this movie was. Normally, movie critics can go over the top with their critiques and are too harsh on movies. In this case, the masses got it all right! How could this movie be so bad? I admire the talent of all the actors attached to this piece but the lack of direction and script made for a mess. The mix of accents was distracting. What happened to just sticking with the old standard of everyone is to have a British accent? Despite all the emoting done in this version of Alexander, I still knew nothing about this guy and what motivated him. It takes more than select moments to show this, it takes good writing and foundation which lacked here. I was bored after 10 minutes. The attempts to deal with a homosexual theme was absolutely ridiculous...either you are going to go all out or not go there at all. The homoerotic glances, and hugs were just dumb and induced many a deserving snicker in the theater. I was truly disappointed...this movie will probably be the worst movie of the year!