Dano-33
Joined Dec 1999
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This film qualifies as a Category 3 Disaster: I want my money back, I want my time back, and I want my memory of this film completely erased from my brain.
Everything mentioned as of yet is true. I too, fell asleep during the battle scene for crying out loud, and couldn't for the life of me empathize with any of the characters. The accents didn't make sense, the conquests were not given any directive or purpose, the dialogue was melodramatic and overly Shakespearian, the story was told like a high school lecture that we all would've doodled sketches through, if we were lucky enough to be outside of a dark movie theater with better lighting.
There has been some controversy over the gay/bi-sexual claims, but even if we admit that it was all ambiguous, the movie is so bad, those questions will presumably drift off into oblivion, when nobody bothers to pay their hard-earned cash to sit through it. Yes, the impression is that Alexander was more interested in men than women (for whatever reason), and yes, that might be the only interesting thing in the movie, but save your time and money and read about Alexander in the Encyclopedia.
Oliver Stone is one of the Top 5 filmmakers of all time, but this junk..errr...I mean 'film' is going to make me rethink that claim.
Everything mentioned as of yet is true. I too, fell asleep during the battle scene for crying out loud, and couldn't for the life of me empathize with any of the characters. The accents didn't make sense, the conquests were not given any directive or purpose, the dialogue was melodramatic and overly Shakespearian, the story was told like a high school lecture that we all would've doodled sketches through, if we were lucky enough to be outside of a dark movie theater with better lighting.
There has been some controversy over the gay/bi-sexual claims, but even if we admit that it was all ambiguous, the movie is so bad, those questions will presumably drift off into oblivion, when nobody bothers to pay their hard-earned cash to sit through it. Yes, the impression is that Alexander was more interested in men than women (for whatever reason), and yes, that might be the only interesting thing in the movie, but save your time and money and read about Alexander in the Encyclopedia.
Oliver Stone is one of the Top 5 filmmakers of all time, but this junk..errr...I mean 'film' is going to make me rethink that claim.
It wasn't a comedy, like I thought it would be. Not nearly as humourous as There's Something About Marry or Dumb or Dumber, but it actually made me teary-eyed during a few moments. The message of the film is a good one, and it doesn't really discriminate against fat people. It discriminates EVERYONE for being shallow! Go see it at the dollar theatre...it's not worth $8...but it's still a charming little film.
Good cast...no...GREAT CAST! There isn't much of story, but the way that P.T. Anderson intertwined the subplots derserves to be recognized. Tom Cruise was funny during his motavational speeches and Jason Robards was tragic as the dying father. I can't remember the girl's name who play the crack addict, but she was beautiful :) Good casting indeed :) The ending was odd, but should make sense after the film is over with. Not the best picture of the year by any means, but it is definately "different" from most of the films made today. It was worth the money just to watch the techniques used with the camera. I'd give it 9/10