Not as bad as people are saying

Rating: 7/10 (24 November 2004)

While this is a disappointment, and about twice as long as it should be (lots of stuff that should have been cut) I can't call this a complete disaster. Great performances from Angelina Jolie and Colin Farrell. A lot of unfortunate choices like only showing two battles, and putting the death of his father as a flashback at the end, instead of showing it where it should be. Plus just some weird editing (like one part where the camera cuts to a Hawk a mile up while Alexander is in midspeech... da heck?). Still, while I have no interest in seeing it a second time, and might have felt ripped off if I hadn't seen it for free, I don't think its a bad movie.