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Was it any good? I haven't seen a movie in years but this one seemed interesting as a history buff. Getting Napoleon right and that whole era is incredibly chal

Was it any good? I haven't seen a movie in years but this one seemed interesting as a history buff. Getting Napoleon right and that whole era is incredibly challenging - even after reading several books about the guy and those times, I'm still confused.

godtoldmetodoit 3y ago
I thought it was pretty bad. It made Napoleon out to be uncharismatic and a total "simp" as the kids would say towards Josephine. He just comes off as a war monger Dictator who is ruining Europe for his single-minded vision of personal grandeur. That's not the read I get on the man from my reading, so I found it very disappointing from a historical perspective. From the "is it fun to watch" point of view... it was middling for me. Some of the battle scenes were cool, and there were some funny lines throughout that made me laugh, but overall as a story I found it pretty uninspired. Like, Gladiator had tons of historical inaccuracies as well, but it stood on its own as a really fun movie to watch and I can't put Napoleon in that category.
- Eumenes 3y ago
  That's a bummer. It's prob the only movie I've looked forward to in a long time. Oh well.
marcusverus 3y ago
We don't really get to see Napoleon the man. He is portrayed as an oddly bland man, passively floating through events, which is so incredibly at odds from the reality of the man as I understand him. Really, all of the character attributes that made him 'Napoleon the Great' have been cut out. None of his lasting martial or civil innovations are mentioned. It's hard to imagine that this was an accident, since Scott clearly took great care to portray Josephine (an aging, black-toothed, capricious bimbo whose thoughtlessness was regularly a problem for Napoleon) as a young, beautiful and strong woman who was apparently "cleaning up after" Napoleon. I got the distinct impression of a British director gleefully taking ole Boney down a notch.
- Eumenes 3y ago
  Thats a bummer. Napoleon is many things, but bland and passive, are not him. The British hated him so perhaps Scott's choices were intentional :)

godtoldmetodoit 3y ago

I thought it was pretty bad. It made Napoleon out to be uncharismatic and a total "simp" as the kids would say towards Josephine. He just comes off as a war monger Dictator who is ruining Europe for his single-minded vision of personal grandeur. That's not the read I get on the man from my reading, so I found it very disappointing from a historical perspective. From the "is it fun to watch" point of view... it was middling for me. Some of the battle scenes were cool, and there were some funny lines throughout that made me laugh, but overall as a story I found it pretty uninspired. Like, Gladiator had tons of historical inaccuracies as well, but it stood on its own as a really fun movie to watch and I can't put Napoleon in that category.

Eumenes 3y ago
That's a bummer. It's prob the only movie I've looked forward to in a long time. Oh well.

marcusverus 3y ago

We don't really get to see Napoleon the man. He is portrayed as an oddly bland man, passively floating through events, which is so incredibly at odds from the reality of the man as I understand him. Really, all of the character attributes that made him 'Napoleon the Great' have been cut out. None of his lasting martial or civil innovations are mentioned. It's hard to imagine that this was an accident, since Scott clearly took great care to portray Josephine (an aging, black-toothed, capricious bimbo whose thoughtlessness was regularly a problem for Napoleon) as a young, beautiful and strong woman who was apparently "cleaning up after" Napoleon. I got the distinct impression of a British director gleefully taking ole Boney down a notch.

Eumenes 3y ago
Thats a bummer. Napoleon is many things, but bland and passive, are not him. The British hated him so perhaps Scott's choices were intentional :)