a great film

Rating: 9/10 (3 April 2005)

Being in my fifties, i was brought up on John Waynes ALAMO. Waynes Alamo is indeed a timeless piece of movie history and will ALWAYS be my favourite film, but this new ALAMO is a completely different kettle of fish.This is thoughtful and realistic, the characters are believable and honest, and the battle scenes moving. You cannot compare the two films, one is a Hollywood masterpiece, the other a work of modern day honesty. Thornton as Davy Crockett i though was a throughly believable person, and totally different to Waynes version. I was greatly surprised by the lack of success of the film at the box office and the poor reviews, nevertheless i would count this amongest my favourites. Full marks for the attempt at realism, and no false heroics, Crocketts admission that he was no hero, or grand person gave the whole film a feeling of warmth and beauty, it was a pleasure to watch.