Different circumstances can lead to different conclusions. Also, having certain expectations upfront can have its influence on how you judge a movie. Other movies that took two viewings for me were 'Blade Runner' and 'The Fight Club'. And on a smaller scale, 'The Bourne Identity'. And...
Well, another problem with this film is that it feels indeliberately campy at times. Scenes like the opening with Hopkins in the library are just done in bad taste and so are the scenes with Angela Jolie. There were just too many eyebrow raising moments. For instance, the use of accents in this...
Just watched the first 45 minutes of 'Born on the Fourth of July', and while it's not one of my favorite films, it already contained more moments of good film making than in whole 'Alexander'. Compared to 'July' and 'JFK', the Stone of 'Alexander' feels like a fish out of water, a director who...
Because Val Kilmer is the only thing good about it. After just seeing "I, Claudius" and "Titus", the script and direction of "Alexander" seem pretty poor, almost amateurish. Oliver Stone just doesn't seem to be feeling at home with this type of material.