Colin WHO?

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2011)

Gosh - almost a decade makes a difference.
'04's 'it' boy Colin Farrell (?) starred in one of the two 'ancient' flicks that competed against each other - the other being TROY, starring (Alexander star's common-law wife, Angelina Jolie,modding a bizarre Brighton Beach Russian accent, but, more in a mo) Brad Pitt.
These two 'competing' films - which told unrelated stories - were supposed to duke it out.
This,mowing written almost a decade later, they both seem even more examples of over- budget, bad filmmaking.
Alexander had good names attached. The 'serious' ones,mot give it supposed gravitas (Anthony Hopkins), and annoying pretty boy (but 'take me seriously!') Jared Leto (no matter what he's in, nor what period, he looks like he's a junkie hustler).
It had Oliver Stone as it's director.
So,what could go wrong?
Everything.
Alexander goes on way to long. It tries too hard to give 'modern' qualities to historical facts from over 2000 years ago.
Im no fan of a majority of the 'big names' - I just don't think they can act. ms. Jolie - a lovely-to-look-at woman, playing Alexander's mom, (Mr.Farrell's age is not that far off from Ma. Jolie's) is pitiful. Whereas she could've been used as lovely eye-candy, or - if she wanted to (attempt) acting, she could've been used sparingly.
Instead, her lack of ability is the more apparent, as Mr. Stone devotes lots more screen time to talks between 'mother' and 'son.'
As for Mr. Hopkins, he's given narration duties - to help the viewer make some sense of the plot.
Mr. Farrell - who I mean no harm, is probably a nice guy, who happened to luck into being the male 'himbo' of that moment, and, if someone offered me the money, and screen time, I wouldn't have said no, either.
Alexander is not redeemable on any level: not as a historical,minor eye-candy. It is just interminable.