The Alamo

This film isn't exactly a great one, a decent one, but it's not terrible. The story is dreadfully dull, but I found the battle sequences to be entertaining. The acting is superb and the cast is perfect. The direction is only... Full review

Bravo to Jason Patric and Billy Bob Thornton. Their performances were exceptional I also would like to single out Jordi Mordsa as Juan Seguin. I wish there had been more of Seguin's life. John Lee Hancok is an exceptional writer and... Full review

This is a film that could have been pretty special instead it turned into an okay pretty average historical story. The score was a little weak, along with visuals that were pretty obvious. Billy Bob Thornton was the strength of the... Full review

More a movie of individual heroes than an accurate historical peice, the Alamo can really lose you at times with that fatal flaw. Although Santa Anna was no doubt a dictator, his portayal as a sinister Joker type character is flawed,... Full review

this was a wonderful film that is just touching to the heart and it shows how real and tradgic the alamo was... Full review

I really liked watching this movie! I first watched it in history class because we were learning about the Texas independence. All the actors were great and the shots were amazing. The set was very realistic and made me feel like... Full review

I thought it was really good. I saw the original, and not to take any credit away from John Wayne, but I kind of liked the re-make a little better. It could have been a little better than what the final... Full review

This film is shot on a full set, no stage work here. The actors channeled their Alamo heros. The battles catputre the power that Santa Anna had and watcher can see the hopelessness in the Alamo defnders eyes, yet they stay... Full review

Don't mess with Texas! That's the lesson film-makers John Sayles and John Lee Hancock fail to learn in undertaking this clunky, unwieldy retelling of a story everyone knows, that fails to add any new insight. Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) and... Full review

This movie was so well done. All the battles keep you awake the whole way through. When this movie is over, I was disappointed because I liked it so much. Billy Bob Thornton did a wonderful job acting as the Alamo... Full review

There's not a bad performance in the bunch. There's little fresh or provocative here, and if you can't be shaken by this story ... Full Review

sustained intense battle sequences....The Alamo" screams for an unflinching climax.....compelling drama....Here "The Alamo" triumphs, with exceptional performances from nearly all the players.....though fine acting.... ... Full Review

The movie was very great, historically correct. All the heroes die in the two last scenes featuring the alamo. ... Full Review

Enormous sets, budget concerns, constant delays, and creative differences lead to some of the new film's troubles....The 2004 movie from Disney's Touchstone Pictures tries to be reasonably fair in presenting the outlooks of combatants on both sides....if his Crockett had been the center of attention, the movie probably would have worked better.....These actors are good at portraying heroes with feet of clay.... ... Full Review

But it is the mighty fictionof the film and the Alamothat these losers are roused to heroism: all were massacred by Santa Anas 4000 troops. Hancocks movie allows that the Alamos 200 or so defenders are assorted neer-do-wells: cheats, drunks, bad card players, and debtors, led by the last-minute appointee to command the fort, Colonel William Barrett Travis (Patrick Wilson), who has abandoned his pregnant wife and two children. ... Full Review

While Thornton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, it is his quintessential Southern "bad boy" image that calls to mind Texas and his great contributions to Texas film that have earned him induction into the Texas Film Hall of Fame. ... Full Article

Originally published on March 21, 2004. Davy Crockett: U.S. congressman, legend in his own time, venerated hero of the Alamo who lost his life after Mexican troops overran the now fabled fort. ... Full Article

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Hey folks, Harry here... Sometimes I'm so happy with how things work out. Originally we were working to get Frank Darabont and THE MIST here for the Opening of the RITZ last night (Spectacular night btw) but THE MIST isn't ... Full Article

Fame: Would that all celebrities were as self-aware as state Sen. Kirk Watson , who published the following self-deprecating story in his newsletter. (That's Watson, upstaged by presidential candidate John Edwards at Scholz Garten on Tuesday.) ... Full Article