Based on 16515 votes and 263 reviews
it wasssss awful
quite possibly one of the worst movies i have ever seen! if you like plot, character developtment, and good old fashion battle scenes-this is not the movie for you. if you like boring monologues, gayness, and wasting your money- go see this movie you`ll love it.
worst movie ever give me my money back!!
Bad casting, I believe they focused on insignificant parts of the story to much. They spent to much time with him and his childhood friend. The story was sporatic and had no consistincy. It is no comparison to a TRUE EPIC like Braveheart.
How can people compare this movie to Troy? Troy was crap, utterly inacurrate crap. Alexander is pretty much historically correct and with exception of Val Kilmer, it had very convincing acting. I do have to question the decision of casting Rosario Dawson as Roxanne, I mean, what in God`s name were they thinking? Still, I strongly recommend this movie. Two thumbs up. Worth every dollar. Brilliant movie.
best movie ever,,,informative
I love Colin Farell, he is sexy in the movie! As always i liked it!
colin farrel was truely GREAT at the role
iT`S ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I HAVE SEEN BECAUSE I LIKE MOVIES THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PAST. BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIVE I HAVE UP TO 7 PAST LIVES AND I WENT BACK AS FAR AS CLEOPATRA!
"DISAPPOINTING", 2 THUMBS DOWN....THE MOVIE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED ALEXANDER THE LOSER!!! THIS MOVIE WAS ABOUT A BUNCH OF BISEXUAL MEN LUSTING FOR EACH OTHER. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOLLYWOOD SPENT SOO MUCH MONEY MAKING THIS MOVIE! THERE WAS NO CONSISTENCY TO THE STORY LINE. COLLING FARELL DID NOT DEPICT A STRONG LEADER, HE ACTED LIKE A BIG BABY CRYING AND SLEEPING WITH OTHER MEN. I STILL DO NOT GET THE STORYLINE?? NOT EVEN WORTH RENTING. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE CHILDREN TO SEE THIS MOVIE IT WILL TRAMATIZE THEM!!
Wat the heck was that!! terrible it suked so much id even rateh watch opera winfree!!!!! it was full of homosexuality myt gosh id never see that mopvie again IM SOOO MAD I DEMAND MY MONEY BACK!!!!!!
OMG THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN ID GIVE THIS A 0 IF I COULD IT WAS A WASTE OF 3:17 MINUTES I COULD HAVE BEEN DOIN SOMETHIG ELSE DONT SEE IT!!! THE WORST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME movie...best of the year!!
Realy bad movie! It did not tell the story of Alexander`s greatness and how he ruled most of the know world at a very young age. Instead is showed him as a guy, crazed leader. This is simply not true. Oliver Stone, YOU REALY BLEW IT!!
Too long, too boring........even if it wasn`t too long or too boring, Colin Farrell isn`t the right one to play Alexander, the great leader. Neither his personality nor his acting could convince audience that they are watching Alexander the great. Oliver Stone is a good director, but ran out of luck this time.
HANDS DOWN THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!! NEVER SEEN ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS MOVIE RIGHT HERE!!! ANTHONY HOPKINS IS SOOOO HOT!!!
Irish accents, Jolie sounds slavic. What an awful job of casting
Very bad movie. Waste of money.
not what i expected. but its ok.
hated it, disjointed plot and the childish filming techniques took away from what could have been spectactular scenes
troy sucked so much. it was all wrong mythologicslly, and peterson even felt the gods were too silly for the film. this movie is what troy SHOULDVE been. alexander is oscar worthy, and there were barely any gay scenes, so i dont know why everyone is complaining. it kicked troys behind any day of the year.
COLIN FARRY WAS GREAT IN THE MOVIE
the best movie of the year. by far. everyone who hates this movie is out of their mind. its a tale of a leader who was fueled by rage and taken down by his own greed and lust for war. colin farrell did a good job, angelina hot as usual. there arent any real gay scenes in this film, only implications. all you haters are insane.
Awesome movie!!...one of the best of the year!!
awful. boring. a waste of three hours
This movie was horrid. The use of the maps stunk. The narrator did a terrible job. Where was the gordian knot? Where is his teacher Aristotle, the Egyptian oracle? His first battle was when he was 16. I want my money back and the time I wasted. Oliver Stone this time you really did a lousy job.
This was by far the worst movie I have ever seen!! ... ...and I would like to know how it got rated PG.
AWESOME!! BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR, STONE IS MASTER MOIVE MAKE !!!!
OKAY...OKAY...Who killed alexander? OOOOOOLLLIVER STONED. I think he was stoned (drugged you know) when he made this movie.
Its not a bad movie but it was not a great movie as it should have been. More emphasis was made on his bisexuality than his accomplishments. Significant events and elaborate conquests were replaced with extended homosexual dialogues. Colin Farrel did not fit into the character of a legendary conqueror at all. He did however manage to (although sickening) portray the other scenes the way Mr. Stone intended. The progression of the story focused more on his controversial feelings towards men and women - yes, we get it already, can we please focus on the epic adventures a little more. All great leaders and people in history have their little flaw
I thought this movie was highly overrated and very disappointing. Noise, noise and more noise! The story was confusing, the movie was way too long (which I probably wouldn`t have said if it had been presented in an interesting way). Guess I was expecting a classic along the lines of Ben Hur. A colossal waste of time and money. Love Angelina though - she`s spellbinding!
I liked the movie,because Alexander is our Macedonian Hero,and we have respect for him.Waching the movie it was like you are there,fighting together with Alexander.Go Alexander Go!!!
Colin Farry was horrible. He didn`t act like a great leader, he acted like a big cry baby. Angelina Jolie did a great job playing her character and was the only bright spot in the movie. RH.
What an absolute debacle of a movie. what are these people thinking? stink, stank, stunk...not necessarily in that order. i demand my money back!
Angelina Jolie beautiful as always. This movie could be so much better.
Again another hollywwod work off the true story. full of lies and dishonesties.
Wow three hours of my life i`ll never be able to get back. No basis in history, as well as missing all of the major points in Alexander`s life story there was too much jumping around in the time line (like a bad episode of Kung-Fu). I also do not think that Greeks are all "Gay" and persians are all "Barbarians". for a historical story too many plot inconsistancies!!!
Boooooooooo-ring.
horrible, horrible, horrible. I was expecting a great movie like Brave heart, Troy, etc, but was very disappointed. Colin Farrell was horrible and I will never waste money on one of his movies again. Angelina Jolie was the one bright spot. She player her character well.
I think the movie was filled with good sense- and i was surprise at the begging it never said based upon a true story! well iether than that it was ok! a bit- long yetvery good! Candy Oak
Bravo! An intense in-depth study of the "character" of Alexander is presented; albeit with the chronology of events of his career taking a secondary position (only so much territory could be covered in the three hours). The film is thoroughly absorbed in the morality and philosophical perspective of the time. Underneath it all is a passionate man`s struggle to love and grow without limit. "There are many ways to love..."
actually i thought it was an alright movie. there was enough character development and the story unfolded quite well i think. the acting was fine and the bisexuality was not an issue (although there was too much emphasis on it). Love between men was a thing of beauty back then and i don`t see that being an issue either. i think people just got pissed off because there weren`t enough battle scenes and it definitely dragged on at times. It was too hyped up. Only a couple things confused me though: 1. irish/scottish/english accents? what`s up with that? 2. germanic looking greeks? and NO the majority of greeks were definitely not blond ba
It was a great movie, with quite a unique presentation. I not only found the movie interesting, but the performances moving. The only matter that seemed to bother me, the fact that it was not historically accurate and major parts of his story were not included like the destruction of Persepolis. If you look at it from an open mind and with no expectations, it is a wonderful story to view.
Oh boy, where should I start. I went into ALEXANDER with high hopes and a belief that this movie would have Oscar callibre. Boy, was I mistaken. Alexander was just too long. By the two hour mark, I wanted Alexander to die just so that the movie would end. Colin Ferrell, who usually gives a great performance, was far to weak (both in his acting ability and his character in general). His speeches would never have inspired me if I knew that I was about to die a very bloody death. Val Kilmer was pretty good. The scenes he was in were usually the most interesting. Jared Leto was actually the only character i could stand, even though he was barely
Great attempt.Listen everyone..get over this gay stuff..get real and realise that it`s there,has been for thousands of years..so..get over it!The man conquered the world.That said..it`s a movie,so of cours epeople speak with accents and might not look like what we think they should...they are actors...and..Alexander was by all contemporary reports..blonde and blue eyed..he was macedonian.So..see the movie at least and don`t let narrow minds dictate !!
FOR ANYONE COMPLAINING THAT OLIVER STONE PRESENTED ALEXANDER AS BISEXUAL: go read a history textbook or do some research before you open your mouth and whine that Oliver Stone "turned" Alexander bisexual. Alexander WAS bisexual! Oliver Stone didn`t wake up one day and said, "let`s make Alexander the Great gay" no, Alexander was bisexual, end of story. Just ask any classics professor. (and also note that Alexander was bisexual, not gay, meaning he loved women as much as men, maybe even more)
Colin Farrell is totally sexy in this movie!
Alexander was an absolute disappiontment. Oliver Stone drops the ball again!
TROY was NOT better than ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER had more depth, more background, more character development, better performances, better fight scenes...ALEXANDER is ABSOLUTELY WORTH SEEING!
Nothing like I thought it was going to be, probably one of the worst movies I have seen, I would have thought that Alexander was going to top off Troy but I was very wrong Troy is a much better movie, Alexander was simply disappointing.