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Nice Arse!

Advantages: Colin Farrell flashes his knackers for the lads
Disadvantages: Pretty much everything else

Do you ever watch a film and then wonder how the director ever had the guts / nerve / self-belief to release the film and expect people to think it was any good? I do. Frequently. Oliver Stone's biopic, Alexander, is a perfect example of this bewildering ...

LostWitness 05.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Alexander (Director's Cut) (DVD)

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A King Isn't Born, Alexander; He's Made.

Advantages: Some nice locations and looks quite spectacular
Disadvantages: The Script, The performances, the direction, the length, pretty much everything

There was something about Alexander that cried out to me to avoid it. When it arrived in the cinema I thought I don't really want to see it but it might be quite good. Then I started thinking that maybe after Phone Booth Colin Farrell would be picking bet ...

Andy.mack 14.08.2005 · Read full review
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Alexander isn't great but it is worth watching

Advantages: An ambitious epic with charismatic central performance from Colin Farrell
Disadvantages: Some scenes are badly written

>>> Comment summary Director's cut: Vehemently ripped apart by contemporary critics, this movie takes one of the most famous and remarkable people in all human history and attempts to present it on-screen. Key scenes are hamstrung by non-sensical dialo ...

MisterSlimm 20.01.2006 · Read full review
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Alexander is an ordinary film about an extraordinary individual

Advantages: Starry cast, impressive locations
Disadvantages: Muddled story, poor battle scenes

This film seems to have become the underdog of the recent cycle of Hollywood epics. Director Oliver Stone was so stung by the initial critical response that he released a radically re-cut version on DVD. And when that didn't change the critics' opinion, h ...

gazhack 12.05.2011 · Read full review
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ALEXANDER: Director's Cut

Advantages: A must see for all lovers of long historical epics.
Disadvantages: Could have shown more detail in the battle scenes.

This is an impressive looking production with sumptuous costumes and sets and a rousing score from Vangelis. The Director's Cut includes extra footage, as is to be expected. Oliver Stone chose a largely European cast for the film, with Colin Farrell a ...

Thormod 07.02.2009 · Read full review
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