Could have been the one of the greatest movies ever...

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2004)

I honestly believe that this movie could have been one of the best movies ever. Colin Farrell's performance, in my opinion, was great, however, the movie itself was pretty bad. Time frequently jumps forward, skipping many parts that many probably are expecting to see. By the time the movie really gets started Alexander already has conquered most of the world. We abruptly skip from him being merely Phillip's son, to the ruler of most of the known world. We don't see the conquering of Egypt, marching his troops across the Sahara, any of that. We don't see his rise to power, and whenever great parts of history are skipped, a map appears and tells you what Alexander has conquered. In a story about conquering the world, its amazing there was only two battle scenes. The scenes themselves were very nicely done, except for some weird camera-work, but gave you no sense of what's going on. Basically, sheer chaos followed by a declaration of victory.
Oliver Stone has somehow managed to screw up one of the greatest stories of all time. He somehow managed to turn one of the greatest men in history, the conquerer of worlds, into a flaming homosexual clown. There were good parts, way to few and far between, with homosexual filler and eccentric conversations filling in the vast amounts of time in between.
Believe me, skip this movie. There's a lot of movies that you can't judge based on critic's reviews, but this movie sucks no matter who you are.