Where is the other hour of the movie?

Rating: 6/10 (10 April 2004)

In an era where long movies are in vogue, after watching "The Alamo" I left the theater asking myself where was the rest of the movie. At 137 minutes there is little question that the Movie could easily have been 10, 20, 30, or even 60 minutes longer with out upsetting too many people. The short version of the film seems to deny the vewiers of the story behind the story.
I have a couple other minor complaints about the movie, If you are going to fire a 18# smooth bore canon on film, actually go out and fire one so that you see what they look like in real life. Do look at other movies and say that is real enough. In the Movie there was no recoil in any of the canons when they were fired and very little smoke, both of which are totally wrong. The same goes for both smooth bore and rifled muskets.
I was disappointed that it was difficult for movie goes to keep track of characters in the film. They all sort of looked alike, acted alike and there was almost no way to tell them apart at first. Dennis Quaid's portrayal of Sam Houston was very well done, however the I think the editing of the film robbed him of a great acting job.