What a horrible film!

Rating: Null/10 (19 October 2004)

Luckily before I rented this movie I had visited the official historical Alamo website. Without the information gained from the website I would have been totally lost! This movie failed to inspire anything in the viewer. The characters were thin and without definition. If I hadn't read about Jim Bowie I never would have known who he was! I have to admit that Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thorton did good jobs portraying Sam Houston and David Crocket, but everyone else might as well have been cardboard cut-outs! Lets not forget that this movie is not even close to being historically accurate and a little biased in favor of Texas. According to the movie, the only reason the bumbling Mexicans won was because Texans seem to have a habit of falling asleep on sentry during critical moments (haven't seen that one out of Hollywood, have you?) Overall, this movie was a waste of rental money, it dragged out trying to convince you to feel something for these poor people while Hollywood-script events take place around them. My advice: check a book out from the library!