Alexander

I wanted to watch this movie for far too long but I always delayed it
to watch other movies because there wasn't an incentive to watch it,
5.5 points on IMDb? really?

oh boy, i was so wrong.

This movie totally satisfied me, as i wasn't expecting much from it.

The story telling was great, I liked the switch between the past and
the present(less past?) often. It really helped us to understand the
character better.

In my defense, I was always interested in Alexander the Great but I
never fully had to chance to know about him. This movie managed to
overcome my hunger.

Same as during the battle scenes, it keeps us informed as "macedonian
right" or "macedonian center" things like that. i wish all movies would
do that so that i can grasp the battle really, totally in essence.

I'm trying to understand people's mindset about this. I guess maybe it
came out in the same year with Troy in 2004. Troy was also about
history but the battle scenes were soo much more quality than Alexander
for sure. Maybe people were expecting to see something similar.

The character buildup is great, soon after i started to feel like i was
there with Alexander or i felt like i was him, making the decisions and
he always kept his calm and explained when he needed to.

Maybe we got the characters so well because the movie is pretty long.
According to IMDb its 2:55 but i watched a version which it was even
longer 3:33. But I never felt bored. This movie is a must for history
lovers. If you are looking for glorious battle scenes you might not
find them.

I'm a lover of maps and a sizable chunk of the movie passes on showing
the maps during studies of young Alexander or in his chambers before
battle and when the storyteller tells us. So it was not too much nor
too less. Extremely adequate.

In papers English was written in Greek style which was a nice touch.

Music at the end (i knew it, but i didn't know the name so i shazamed
it) was amazing (titans vangelis). It was a nice finishing touch for
such a great movie.

Also I had to like the movie, even though i wouldn't have liked the
movie in general out of respect to the amazing actors i know from
various movies and series:

(i'll just type their names and most prominent acts in my eyes)

Anthony Hopkins {Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Noah, The Silence of the
Lambs, Amistad}

Angelina Jolie {Salt, Wanted, Kung Fu Panda, Mr. & Mrs. Smith}

Val Kilmer {Hardwired, Felon, The Love Guru, Heat}

Christopher Plummer {Inside Man, Syriana, A Beautiful Mind, Twelve
Monkeys}

Colin Farrell {True Detective, The Lobster, Seven Psychopaths,
S.W.A.T., Hart's War, Tigerland}

Jared Leto {Suicide Squad, Mr. Nobody, Lord of War, Fight Club}

Jonathan Rhys Meyers {From Paris with Love}

Rory McCann {Game of Thrones}

Toby Kebbell {Gold, Warcraft: The Beginning, Black Mirror, War Horse,
The Veteran, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prince of Persia: The Sands of
Time}

Rosario Dawson {Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Unstoppable, Seven
Pounds, Clerks II, Sin City, 25th Hour}