Review of Alexander the definitive cut on Blu-ray format

Alexander tells some stories, some fictional, some quasi historical. In 2000, Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR brought back the Roman epics back into the forefront by telling a great story. In sticking to a simple, straightforward tale of a man wronged by envy who resorts to becoming a gladiator to fight for justice a contemporary classic was made and Russell Crowe, today's most intense actor, won his first Oscar and deservedly so.

Oliver Stone, who has directed better films than this, decided to up the ante and create his own version of a historical epic by focusing on none other than Alexander the Great, the young man who Did Great Things and died when he was a little over thirty. Would it that he hadn't. Everything in this film feels overdone. Colin Farrell overacts into insanity in trying to go for larger-than-life, Angelina Jolie continues to demonstrate that she's on media-fame only , and everyone else goes through the motions, fulfilling parts that are on autopilot. This movie was so awful it took discipline for me to sit through; I might as well stayed with the History Channel's documentary on the same matter. At least they based their show on fact.

The directing if there was any was not very good as well as with the editing. Everything seemed to be all over the place. No effort seemed to come out of the directing or editing. The battle scenes were horrible not having the slightest idea of what is happening. The writing was OK but nothing special and probably once again restricted.

All in all, not the worst movie I've seen this year.Angelina Jolie was ok and Colin Farrel was fine, too. But, this movie does not emulate the story or emotional impact of Gladiator

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