I don't mind long movies, as long as it has substance, but the length here in The Alamo seems dragged. They spent nearly 90 minutes of the movie building up to the inevitable. I know that they had to develop the main characters and give them something to fight for, but this never happens. Besides Col. Travis's moving speech you never get a sense of what these Texans are fighting for. No one really understands the significance of The Alamo itself. If the movie spent some time explaining the significance of the Alamo and not on characters the movie would have been better. The main characters themselves were your typical one dimensional heroes, and the actors played them for all they were worth except Dennis Quaid who disappointed me with his Sam Houston. Overall if you are a big war buff give it a try, don't expect to be blown away. this movie just hangs in mediocrity.