Alexander grates on US critics
Film-maker Oliver Stone, whose latest movie Alexander has been panned by US critics, thinks the three hour epic will get a better welcome in Europe.
Stone visited the Stockholm International Film Festival today to pick up a lifetime achievement award and then attend the film’s European premiere in the Swedish capital.
“I think one of the reasons I am being honoured here in Sweden is that Europeans tend to see me a little differently than they do in the US,” Stone said.
He said Alexander “is not an easy movie, but then I’ve never made easy movies”.
His previous films include JFK, Born on the Fourth of July and Platoon.
Stone said the timing of the award was perfect because it gave him a reason to escape media attention surrounding yesterday’s US premiere of Alexander, which chronicles the life of the young Macedonian warrior-king Alexander the Great, who conquered most of the known world 2,300 years ago.
The film stars Colin Farrell in the title role, Angelina Jolie and Anthony Hopkins.
AP Critic Christie Lemire said: “This move is going to tank. We are talking about all-out, big-budget-bomb bad.”
The New York Times chose to target Farrell’s flowing blond locks saying he is upstaged by his “epically-bad dye job”.
