Alexander is a movie based on the life of Alexander the Great. It is not a remake of the 1956 film which starred Richard Burton. It was directed by Oliver Stone and stars Colin Farrell, who’s kinda cool. The film is loosely based on the book Alexander the Great, by Oxford Classics professor Robin Lane Fox.
To say the very least, Alexander was not received well by the critics:
- “Though the battles have the blood-and-sinew bravado you expect from Oliver Stone, this three-hour buttnumbathon is hamstrung by a hectoring grandiosity, not new to Stone, and a nod toward caution, which is.”
- “It’s just a wild, glorious, wacky mess that I found really entertaining.”
- “The tragedy of Alexander appears to be that, like his hero, Stone has tried to go too far and has lost his way.”
The 1956 version of Alexander starring Richard Burton seems to earn more praise.
