Stone's Flop Rivals Heavens Gate

Rating: 1/10 (25 November 2004)

I don't know what this film was supposed to be about and neither does Oliver
Stone. Did anybody look at it before it was released?? This movie is a complete disaster!  Terrible writing that drags on endlessly, poor and unbalanced acting, a confusing and at times incomprehensible narrative. And given all there is to the original tale of Alexander the Great how did Stone come up with this quarter- baked story? Why not explore the war crimes Alexander committed on the
Greek exile communities he came across in Persia? Why not show him burning
down the Persian Palace when he arrived, and then later regretted? Why not
show his meeting the Amazon Queen who wanted to father a child with him? All
of which happened, but is over looked. It couldn't have been because he had
something better to say because there is nothing else here, except his snake- obsessed mother and endless talking... And on top of it all, this politically sensitive filmmaker this type of a movie together now which glorifies imperial obsession while Bush and the Neo-Cons are committing their crimes in Iraq?
The only redeeming aspects are some of the footage of the battle scenes (some of the elephant stuff was pretty good) and the depiction of Alexander as being gay. But even that is so repressed. Why don't we see him get down and dirty?
This movie so bad on so many levels I'm surprised the studio even released it. For best viewing watch on DVD at 32 X speed.