Napoleon (2023) Movie Thread

[Legion]

Looks like a good short film

 

[Franco Pinion]

Here's an official clip that was released over the weekend. Austerlitz.



Some reviews coming in, 82% on Rotten Tomatoes and The Guardian gave it 5 stars

Napoleon review – Joaquin Phoenix makes a magnificent emperor in thrilling biopic

Ridley Scott dispenses with the symbolic weight attached to previous biopics in favour of a spectacle with a great star at its centre

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bob the Ninja]

Overall decent considering how much of Napoleons life it covers. Lacked a lot of depth, which I imagine is what's in the directors cut.

Spoiler: That said,

… he made an absolute butchery of the battles. I could understand Austerlitz and Borodino, but Waterloo was especially screwed up.

Considering what I was expecting out of it, I was disappointed.

 

[Cornetto]

I didn't enjoy it. I thought it was too long and focused too much on the relationship with his wife. His wife was an interesting character, actually more interesting than Napoleon, but the film is supposed to be about Napoleon and not his wife. The battle scenes were not enjoyable, except the final one at Waterloo.