Alexander details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Jared Leto, Angelina Jolie, Rory McCann, Rosario Dawson, Colin Farrell |
| Director: | Oliver Stone |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Historical, Drama - Biography, Historical |
| Studio: | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Collections: | 100 Swords and Sandals Films, Watch Online Action Heroes |
| Name | Discs | |
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Alexander |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 47 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 01 Aug 2005 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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What Was Mr. Stone THINKING?
By robertconnor (177 reviews) from Gloucestershire , 20 Jan 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
Alexander is essentially about this Russian sounding babe (played by Ms. Jolie) who marries into this big Oirish family, is driven to preferring snakes because her husband only has one eye, and begins dying her little boy's hair blonde. Then it all kicks off, Colin Farrell gets his eyebrows bleached and goes off in a flouncy tamtrum to conquer the world. Meanwhile Jared Leto stands around with a twisty Cher hairdo, gazing longingly at bottle-blondie Colin, who every now and then gazes back with tears in his eyes and whispers 'Oy cahnt live if livin' is without you...'
So anyway, about half way through that really handsome guy from The Book Group (the one in the wheelchair) and those porridge commercials shows up, but he has a different hairdresser... he stands around alot, proving that sensible haircuts WERE possible in ancient times. I think he loses his razor at one point, but finds it again eventually... later Tim Piggott-Smith has to smush his hands around inside a dead animal, but they cut all his lines, so of course it all makes PERFECT sense.
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(691)Excellent movie
By a customer , 12 Jun 2013Oliver Stone at one of his best. Great pictures, great actors. Who loves history will enjoy it, who doesn't or expect who knows what from this kind of movies, will say that it is bad, who knows why... Probably a very bad day!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Don't listen to the critics.
By Big__Al (36 reviews) , 07 Jun 2013[Highly rated reviewer]
Bought this from USA in triple pack Blu-ray (300, Troy and Alexander Revisited). Watched on 60' plasma an 5. 1 surround sound. Although some of the film was a bit cheesy, plus there was some mis-casting (e. g. Jolie as his mother and Colin Farrell was so so as Alexander), the battle scenes were very realistic. Plus the soundtrack by Vangelis is amazing - it really gave the movie an epic feel. Overall, I quite liked the end product and some of the movie has touching moments. It does try and explore who Alexander really was and the things / influences that shaped his life. On the negative side, the version I watched is too long at nearly 4 hours spread over 2 Blu-ray discs! If you're going to watch this version, make sure you set a side a whole evening / half the night!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Alexander The Embarrassing
By a customer , 31 Jul 2012This guy couldn't conquer a lettuce leaf. Big name actors who all without exception, for some unfathomable reason, lost their ability to act....Absolute drivel.- Was this review helpful to you?
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No not Great at all Alexander
By Colonel1968 (263 reviews) , 24 Jul 2012No I made two hours , but couldn't take anymore, how on earth did he think he would get an Oscar for this? Absolute poo poo, what's with the accents?
And the models were awful- Was this review helpful to you?
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Don't watch it
By a customer , 22 Jul 2012Don't waste your time. It's an absurd film. It's like a bad history class, too much talk, poor and little action. The worst it's that they insist in showcasing ancient homosexuality as a queer tale. Terrible.- Was this review helpful to you?
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