Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2004)

Most of the criticism I've seen for this movie seems to be a little misplaced. First of all, this movie is no more anti-Mexican than "Saving Private Ryan" is anti-German. Hancock does a good job to portray the Mexican soldiers as just that, soldiers. Most of the animosity is directed towards Santa Anna who is by no means considered a hero in Mexican historical culture but instead a tyrant. Being a person who has spent an extensive amount of time studying Texas history, the Alamo in particular, I did notice there were some inaccuracies but thats to be expected. This is Hollywood not history. I am not about to sit here and act high and mighty and rip apart this movie because it's not 100% on what actually happened. The truth is no one can actually say they know because it's been a highly debated topic for some years now. What I can say is that I feel this is a very good movie which helps to give one a sense of sacrifice and integrity and bring a human feel to a legendary event.