The Alamo (PG-13, 2004)

An intense war movie, with some good parts but they don't warrant all the other parts of the movie that weren't worth watching. Billy Bob Thornton did a superb job, it's just too bad the rest of the movie didn't match up.

Of course there would be violence because it's the Alamo. Doesn't CS know the story? They're supposed to be smarter than us.

THE ALAMO has some very fine moments that are thoroughly enjoyable. However, those moments only amount to a 2-star rating, but I added an extra star for Billy Bob Thorton's performance as Davey Crocket. I'm usually not a fan, but he acts with grace and charisma in a movie that truly doesn't deserve him. Violence is the biggest issue in the movie. Several intense scenes lead up to big battles, and, though the fighting is no more graphic than, say, GETTYSBURG, the death of all of the heroes is truly disturbing and upsetting. Language consists of some "d**n"s, "a*s"s, and "SOB"s. A man calls another a catamite, brief reference is made to "going to the whores", and it is implied that Santa Anna forces local women to sleep with him (nothing shown).

The Alamo. A movie that looks like every five minutes we get the living crud beaten out of us. The movie was very great, historically correct. Just try to get scene selection so you don't want to leave like I did. All the heroes die in the two last scenes featuring the alamo. Save your money and make your friend buy it and watch it with them.