Touching performance from Billy Bob

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2004)

I enjoy historical dramas and I have to include "The Alamo" on the list. It made me read up on a bit of history about the Alamo and was surprised to learn no one knew for sure the actual events of the fall of the Alamo. The surviving members of the Mexican Army gave varying accounts. So the filmmakers here had to naturally engage in some speculation as to what transpired. I found their choices plausible.
The reason Mexico lost a large portion of its territory was due in large part to it and its army being led by a megalomaniacal dandy.
I want to give praise to Billy Bob Thornton's portrayal of David Crockett, America's first celebrity. It is sensitive, smart and brave.
One sad consequence of this movie's release has been to bring forth from the slime loathsome racists to infest imdb's message boards. To them, US crimes against humanity is justified because of all the great stuff Americans eventually invented. Ironic really in the context of the Alamo as the "Texians" were seeking an independent nation apart from the US as well as Mexico.