From what I’ve read, Oliver Stone made a bad movie. But that’s not how he sees it. From Stone Surprised by Poor Response to Epic:
Director Oliver Stone said he was surprised by the critical reaction to his historical epic “Alexander” — and put the blame on the fundamentalist morality in some parts of the United States.
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“From day one audiences didn’t show up,” he said. “They didn’t even read the reviews in the South because the media was using the words, `Alex the gay.’ As a result you can bet that they thought, `We’re not going to see a film about a military leader that has got something wrong with him.’”