Great Film

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2004)

I have never reviewed a film on the IMDb, but decided to with this one because of the negativity this film is receiving. I think there must be a group out to attack this film because they obviously didn't see the great film I just saw. It seems a lot of people are just little children who can't sit still in a movie for more than an hour and half, especially since its not "action packed" with loads battles. This is a grown up movie where you are not entertained by shiny special effects every second and instead have to follow the story. Colin Farrell did an amazing job especially taking into consideration the range of emotions he had to take on. It was interesting what aspects of Alexander's life Stone chose to delve into and I think it worked well. I agree with another reviewer that a lot of people were put off with the homosexual themes of the film, many in my screening laughed at these moments. Once again grow up and try to understand why these characters are the way they are. This is Stone's interpretation of Alexander's life so some historical facts are distorted and missing, but I think Stone's vision of it is very interesting. In the end this film has been a life long dream of Stones and I think it is really something special. Go see this film!