Alamo - boring, amateurishly directed, poorly portrayed

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2004)

Don't waste money on seeing Disney's revisionist version of The Alamo. It was boring....unmotivated....amateurishly directed...poorly portrayed and contained no substance.... I can't believe I PAID money to see this revisionist piece of xxxx. Who says writers can direct! The only film Hancock had directed was a little kiddie movie titled, "The Rookie." At one time I even counted a flash-back within a flash-back within a flash-back. It was never established as to WHY these people were even willing to die in Texas at the Alamo in the first place. Also it was never brought out that the Mexicans hated Santa Anna just as much as the Texans. And, to lead men into a futile battle where they are surely going to die, Travis, I'm sure wasn't such a sniveling little coward crying at the first sign of danger. He HAD to give a motivated rallying cry to convince, what men he had left, to stay and fight. While Billy Bob's performance was, as always, superb, Davy Crockett was a bold, braggart - given to great oratory and a leader, which was never shown. He just shows up in Texas with a bunch of men for no particular reason? To portray Crockett as a clownish buffoon gives little credence as to why books were written and plays were made about him during his own lifetime and also being elected as one of the first Congressmen for Tennessee. He was a very integral part of the expansion of the country at the time. He was, by all accounts, before being elected to office a true frontiersman.
No wonder Ron Howard took 2nd billing in the producer's credits on this film. It will die quickly at the box office and will be resounding money loser for Disney.