I was so excited for this movie and to me it was the biggest let down of the year. Aside from good performances and some great battle sequences (which were too far and few between), I thought the way they told the story was a mess. I felt no attachments, I got confused as to what was happening, and at its 2hr 40min runtime it dragged a lot. Unfortunately wasn’t the movie for me. Great review! Keep making great content 👍 Love the shirt btw
Dear me... did we watch the same film? This is the most awful film on this subject I have seen! Napoleon was energetic, intelligent, charismatic and, until he started ailing after the Russia campaign, dashingly handsome. Who on earth was Joachim Phoenix supposed to be playing? He looked worn out and bored, and delivered his lines like he was reading the news! There is nothing in his portrayal that makes us realise why he was so loved by the French (and others) and why he got the best out of his soldiers. Musket era armies moved and counter moved over several days, sometimes over a front of several miles, so they could deploy their line infantry and artillery in the most advantageous way, screened by cavalry who would also attempt to take out the enemy cannon. Napoleon excelled at this, yet we saw none of it! What we got was battles covered with a weird grey filter, CGI so bad you could actually see on one scene where it was cut pasted and duplicated and soldiers emerging out of World War One type trenches charging at each other like vikings. Napoleon admitted himself he was a bad horseman and never led cavalry charges. He gave his orders via a complex system of messengers and staff officers, using written orders. A very modern way of doing things, which was why he won so often. He did not use vague hand gestures or shout 'Infantry will advance!' If you are genuinely puzzled as to why I found Phoenix's depiction so dreary, compare him to this 1 minute clip of Rod Steiger playing him in the 1970 film 'Waterloo'. Phoenix delivers this line as is he has taken dope after a lobotomy; Rod Steiger delivers it with barely concealed rage, and unexpectedy looks right at the camera when he says it. th-cam.com/video/yMoBshxugqQ/w-d-xo.html
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I was so excited for this movie and to me it was the biggest let down of the year. Aside from good performances and some great battle sequences (which were too far and few between), I thought the way they told the story was a mess. I felt no attachments, I got confused as to what was happening, and at its 2hr 40min runtime it dragged a lot. Unfortunately wasn’t the movie for me. Great review! Keep making great content 👍 Love the shirt btw
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Dear me... did we watch the same film? This is the most awful film on this subject I have seen! Napoleon was energetic, intelligent, charismatic and, until he started ailing after the Russia campaign, dashingly handsome. Who on earth was Joachim Phoenix supposed to be playing? He looked worn out and bored, and delivered his lines like he was reading the news! There is nothing in his portrayal that makes us realise why he was so loved by the French (and others) and why he got the best out of his soldiers. Musket era armies moved and counter moved over several days, sometimes over a front of several miles, so they could deploy their line infantry and artillery in the most advantageous way, screened by cavalry who would also attempt to take out the enemy cannon. Napoleon excelled at this, yet we saw none of it! What we got was battles covered with a weird grey filter, CGI so bad you could actually see on one scene where it was cut pasted and duplicated and soldiers emerging out of World War One type trenches charging at each other like vikings. Napoleon admitted himself he was a bad horseman and never led cavalry charges. He gave his orders via a complex system of messengers and staff officers, using written orders. A very modern way of doing things, which was why he won so often. He did not use vague hand gestures or shout 'Infantry will advance!' If you are genuinely puzzled as to why I found Phoenix's depiction so dreary, compare him to this 1 minute clip of Rod Steiger playing him in the 1970 film 'Waterloo'. Phoenix delivers this line as is he has taken dope after a lobotomy; Rod Steiger delivers it with barely concealed rage, and unexpectedy looks right at the camera when he says it. th-cam.com/video/yMoBshxugqQ/w-d-xo.html