How I thought it would be

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2005)

I was at the Alamo a year or so ago and I found it a fairly disjointed experience. I did however build a picture in my minds eye of how it must have been and when I finally got to watch the latest interpretation of events I was pleasantly surprised. Moving beyond cinematography, direction, production, lighting and effects all of which were 1st class I must give a big thumbs down to casting... but only on one count.... what were they thinking of by casting Jason Patric as Jim Bowie? I firmly believe he was miss-cast. Whilst Thornton gave an epic and realistic view of Crockett Patric left us in a damp heap, sweating and thirsty. Overall I would say the direction and production was about as good as it gets but sadly this was not reflected in the Academy awards ( We all know this is no benchmark). An enjoyable movie overall and if you are ever down San Antonio way look in as I swear you can feel the spirit of those brave men beside you.