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 r

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.