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'Alexander' Review (Oliver Stone, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer) Its 'Shockingly Bad..'
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| 11/10/04
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Posted on 11/10/2004 12:53:24 PM PST by gopwinsin04
Just got home from watching 'Alexander' up at the Directors Guild of America proceeded by a Q & A session with Oliver Stone. Stone said that he just finished the film on Friday and in my opinion it looks like he just rushed out out the door.
In brief, I was stunned by how bad this movie was. Overacting, bizzaro camera work, lackluster battles..God, it was just a mess.
Compared to it, 'Troy' (from this year) is the academy award winning 'Gladiator,' and the 1970's TV series 'I Claudius' is looking better all the time.
Stone may be trying to make a parallel to George Bush's fiasco in Iraq but it's clumsy and heavy handed.
All in all, a shockingly bad film from people who should know better. Wasted talent, wasted money and wasted technology.
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Tried to keep the reviews spolier free..
To: gopwinsin04
yeah but it has Angelina Jolie
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:54:37 PM PST
by
Mr. K
To: gopwinsin04
Can't wait for the historian V Hanson to pick it apart. He already mentioned that it was free of any historical precedence.
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:54:37 PM PST
by
blakep
To: gopwinsin04
I'm trying to remember the good Oliver Stone movie, but I'm drawing a blank.
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:54:40 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: gopwinsin04
AICN is a fairly useless website and I refuse to even click on the link. However it was pretty obvious from the commericals that this movie was going to be awful
Jolies' accent....ugh.
You can tell how bad the movie is just from the preview. Horribly bad acting in just about every scene shown. The best performance is by the elephant.
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:55:53 PM PST
by
vollmond
(Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.)
To: gopwinsin04
The History Channel just had a great show on Alexander the Great...
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:55:58 PM PST
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: gopwinsin04
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:55:59 PM PST
by
MrConfettiMan
(By definition, the word non-trivial is rather non-trivial.)
To: gopwinsin04
So, I guess no academy award for Oliver Stone, once again?
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:56:08 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
To: dead
A good Oliver Stone movie? That would be his LAST movie....(Henny Youngman joke)......
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:56:21 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Give someone enough EU-ROPE and they will hang themselves......out of pure frustration......)
To: blakep
What Stone film ever had historical relevance?
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:56:22 PM PST
by
DOGEY
To: dead
Any Given Sunday was ok, in its own way, no?
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:57:01 PM PST
by
Huck
(Any man, gay or straight, can marry a woman. That's equal treatment under the law.)
To: gopwinsin04
Stone may be trying to make a parallel to George Bush's fiasco in Iraq but it's clumsy and heavy handed. Are apolitical film reviews a thing of the past?
To: gopwinsin04
Let's boycott ALL first-run movies!!!
Nobody pays 8$ to see this tripe.
Wouldn't this be a way to get the attention
of the Hollyweird lib elite?
MV
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:58:29 PM PST
by
madvlad
((Born in the south, raised around the globe and STILL republican))
To: gopwinsin04
George Bush's fiasco in Iraq Are you reviewing the movie and the war in Iraq? While the movie ended after 2 hours the war is ongoing
To: dead
To: Huck
I never watched that one. I just remember seeing the commercials and thinking "There is no way in hell I can buy Al Pacino as an NFL head coach!"
Was he at all believable in the role?
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:59:07 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Huck
"Any Given Sunday was ok, in its own way, no?"
The over-acting of Pacino made me ill.
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:59:08 PM PST
by
Blzbba
(Conservative Republican - Less gov't, less spending, less intrusion.)
To: dead
Salvador and Talk Radio for my money.
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:59:37 PM PST
by
Borges
To: gopwinsin04
Nearly every woman I know went to see Troy....
Just to see the guys ;)
Alexander will end up like Troy,
A droll fest for the females.
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posted on
11/10/2004 12:59:45 PM PST
by
najida
(I shop for my fillet mignon at Walmart.)
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