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Alexander The Great 
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Wednesday, 02 February 2005


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Content Grade: C+
Sound Grade: C
Picture Grade: B

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Richard Burton is Alexander and this would be epic from the mid-fifties lacks sophistication and suffers from poor editing and character motivation. While Burton portrays the Greek with his usual angst and energy, the story is much too choppy. Noticeably still scenes are inserted and the battle scenes seem sloppy and way too short. Fredrich March and Claire Bloom help a bit in the casting but much of the dialog makes this sword and sandal mish-mash a chore to sit through. May be interesting to see what Oliver Stone does with the same character."


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