A movie only Oliver Stone could've done

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2004)

This epic is the complete opposite to the pathetic wannabe that is Troy: where Petersen's movie felt unnatural an cartoonish right down to the acting of most of the players (O'toole being the one exception), this feels realistic, where that piece of crap was empty and felt like nothing in the end, this is overloaded, it never gives you a rest, and i'm not talking about battles here; Alexander has only two in three hours (the first one has to be one of the -if not the- best ever filmed).
After seeing it the only reasonable explanation i can think of why it got so bad reviewed in the U.S. (RS gave it on star... come *beep* on!) is some unhealthy hatred against Stone's person and risky style of film-making and story telling. While is not perfect and has one or two of the cheesiest and out place lines for an epic movie i've heard, and maybe takes too much opportunities to not so subtly attack Bush's speech, is not nearly as bad as reviews and box office may show. I'll show you just one proof... Come on! even Jolie does a good job here! that HAS to mean something.