we are all victims of war!

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2005)

"The Alamo" is a powerful film which just shows how war can ruin just about everything. Like every war movie, it contains highly choreographed battle sequences, which is supposed to elicit some sort of emotional reaction from the viewer. However, it is better than most war movies in one respect: it does not glorify war as some sort of heroic endeavor that people must engage in to get rid of the "enemy".
One thing about the technical aspects of the movie: it's so hard to tell the characters apart! Unless you're a big fan of Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob, you wouldn't be able to distinguish who's who. This makes the movie absolutely confusing. Watch it with the captions for the hearing impaired if you want to understand it.