long, boring portrayal of the battle at the Alamo

Rating: 1/10 (3 May 2005)

This movie was much too long. It should have been 30 minutes shorter. And not much action happens in the first 90 minutes. There is supposed to be character development I guess, but it was boring. I thought Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob were bad in their roles. I didn't buy them as these famous Americans they played. Much of the first part of the movie just shows them hanging out in the Alamo watching the Mexicans or shooting a little. That didn't need to be shown 10 times.
And it seemed like the director just deciding to add on the last 15 minutes because he thought it needed to be longer. The movie is about the Alamo. But, the very end has to show the Americans beating the Mexicans. In these war films, America has to always come out on top.
FINAL VERDICT: This wasn't worth watching.