Alexander The Great
The man may have been great or maybe he wasn't. I am offering no opinion on that count. Instead, I offer my two cents on the movie.
The movie was visually beautiful. The sound was a bit distracting, but that may have been the theatre I was in. The movie suffered from "too" problems.
(1) It was TOO long by a solid hour
and
(2) There were TOO many man-on-man moments. I don't care if someone is gay or not but I don't really like when a film goes out of its way to show something like this because it shouldn't be noticed.
and
(3) The acting was TOO amateurish. It was spotty at best. The actors' accents were mixed and that was distracting as well.
See Alexander, but expect to be underwhelmed.
In other movie news, National Treasure was entertaining. In fact it was wildly entertaining if you suspend your belief in all that is common sense. The movie is absurdly silly and has continuity gaffes galore but, unlike Alexander, I had a good time. Ultimately, isn't that why one goes to the movies?
-- Eric
Labels: Alexander The Great, Movie Review, National Treasure
posted by Rev. CMOT TMPV @ 11/28/2004 04:47:00 PM (permalink)
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1 Comments:
I agree with you on all charges, except the accents. That, I didn't really notice. But I certainly enjoyed National Treasure more than Alexander.
The man on man thing was played out, and then some -- Jared Leto's character was nothing more than irritating. I mean, Stone is doing some kind of psychological study, but most of the characters studied have this unrealistic cardboard quality that made insight next to impossible.
But National Treasure! What a romp. I expected to fall asleep, and instead I was on the edge of my seat with amusement. Fun movie.
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