I Saw NAPOLEON and I Wish I Hadn't
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- Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2023
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napoleon movie review 2023 oh boy
ridley scott im sorry
joaquin phoenix hey you got it next time
vanessa kirby hello 
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It was boring, predictable, 19th century British propaganda. 3/10.
Who thought it was a good idea to let a British (Ridley Scott) make a Napoleon movie 😂
That explains why it sucks so much
Cope and seethe Frenchie 😂
@@Phil_Mitchell nothing to cope since it was made by a lame ass brit you uneducated kid.
@@Dimmary Hollywood's pro-Isreali zionist jewish woke studio bosses.
Joaquin Phoenix turning one of the Worlds most charismatic and famous historical figures into a mumbling emo simp .. arghhhhhh
Napoleon has been really quiet since this dropped
It’s sad because Napoleon was one of the most complex and interesting people to ever live. Being a history buff myself, it doesn’t seem to explore him as a person so it’s a pass for me as well
@@CRM-114 No particular reason. I plan on researching more about him in the future but I find all ancient rulers and commanders to be interesting especially the most popular ones like Caesar, Napoleon, and Nero. As far as I know, there aren't many boring rulers.
Napoleon never gave up. He felt he was destined to achieve great things. He was like a real time superhero. He was a workaholic and a master of his own mind. He could sustain focus for long periods of time and then jump from one thing to another withouth losing a context. He was like Elon Musk on steroids.
Scott did not get the assignment.
@@CRM-114 He came from nothing and conquered Europe, was a military genius, Idolized by the French people, loved by his soldiers to the point of fanaticism (when offered to surrender at the end of the battle of Waterloo, the old guard replied with "f you" "the old guard dies but never surrenders !"). In the end he lost it all but his legacy is still felt to this day and essentially made France, Europe what it is today.
@@CRM-114 "he certainly caused lots of deaths" A huge part of Europe was already at war with France following the revolution, later during Napoleon's rule the seven coalitions were all funded and supported by Britain. The British hold as much responsability, excluding the invasion of Spain and the Russian campaign. I won't pretend he was a saint but he was no genocidal maniac either, you'll often see Anglos calling him a 19th century Hitler which is ridiculous. He was an imperialist, like all the other major powers at the time yet you only ever see people bash Napoleon and not Spain, Britain, Prussia, Portugal... list goes on.
"how has he made the world a better place?" If you want to see the positive impacts of his rule, you need to look at his internal politics. He reformed institutions and education, creating a structure France still uses to this day. He promulgated the civil code, a pillar of French society as well as numerous other reforms. You might say he only shaped France, except many others took inspiration from his policies as a statesman and used them as a basis to build new states and nations, paving the way for much of what modern society is today.
This movie should have been an Apple TV+ series. Napoleon’s life is sprawling and wide-ranging. 2 and a half hours is simply not enough time.
There's apparently a 4-hr cut that's going to hit streaming.
Even Kubrick came to the conclussion that his Napoleon would've work better as a mini-series, after seeing the success of 'Roots'. Fortunately we will have Spielberg's Napoleon mini-series for HBO based on Kubrick's manuscript.
The director's cut for Apple TV is said to be over 4 hours long
Nah.. thats only a superficial problem. The movie was shit through and through. The 4h cut is most likely only longer shit
Jonathan from TheFilmDrunk the type of guy to say “Oopsie Daisy” when he drops something
As someone who loves boring historicals, the longer the better, I can't forgive this movie for missing so spectacularly in portraying both Napoleon and the French Empire. Who is this sad, pitiable man? Who would follow him anywhere? Skip this and see Waterloo 1970 instead.
Yeah the Russian-Italian made movie from 1970 is better Rod Steiger is excellent as Napoleon.
The problem is, that most people who go to see this film, and who accept its premise without really knowing much about Napoleon's military campaigns, get a warped sense of history.
Correct, most people nowadays are idiots who do not read and spend their time watching trash on TV or playing video games. Do not expect they will spot colossal mistakes or outright lies.
Bill and Ted had a better take on the character.
This! Scott did not get the assignment. Europeans are dramatic as fuck, the French most of all. How can you make a narcissistic megalomaniac that charmed a nation so unbearably dull and introverted?
The theatrical version seems to be basically a trailer for the directors cut
Why would anyone want this to be a comedy? One of the most important figures in history and we want to laugh at him?!? WTF!!
I mean it’s fine to take some of these historical figures down a peg, they’ve been lionized for hundreds of years after all. Though, we should do this with accuracy/authenticity in mind, making the figure more human.
It's not the first time Ridley Scott butchers his own work, but you need to know what is hilarious to some people. It's the seriousness of a human without a care about what he makes because Scott will always tilt towards what he can earn when he knows the amount of work he has done is not paying off. It took him how many cuts before bladerunner was in his vision, and Black Hawk down was just another travesty without much reality in it.
This is a movie that is made by a man who has already visited the era in his work, and I hate to say this, but you need a French director as a minimum to make this believable. Napoleon is still the most successful conquer on the field in newer history, and that is just not acceptable to some people even today. The victors write history, and this is one of those examples.
This movie was beautiful! It looks like a painting! The source material was the neo classical Art from that era - genius! Thoroughly entertaining, gorgeous, and hilarious
@@christomorpho yes, I believe you. It's the avatar of historical movies.
he took on the screenplay cause no one wanted to for decades. give ridley credit where its due. the whole entire world pretending to be a history buff now
@bearsuitClan Ridley Scott addressed this from an earlier conversation himself. His take on Napoleon is meant to be on the personal level and not so much in terms of his policies and what the other 10,101 books already have written about him. But he still missed it so much as even scholars aren't following the movie. Napoleon comes over as an unhinged horndog, and this is the man who even his enemies didn't dare to kill after his defeat.
I still find the duelists more pleasing as a period piece, especially when you know how much he did pay attention to detail in that movie.
“if i just doesent think it works” okay bro
I believe that a lot of movies over the past couple of years have not been doing well at the box office.. and I think it's time for everyone to step back and try to figure out what's going on with storytelling in hollywood.. And by the way Napoleon wasn't considered shorts for his time,
He was actually 5 ft 7, most men of his time were between 5.5 and 5 ft 7 so he was actually average height for his period..
Scott trivialized his subject. When one thinks of the history of the man the film falls way short.
I don’t care what anyone says, Ridley Scott is nothing more than an average director.
Bladerunner and Alien would like to have a word with you
@@Redjacketman00 Bladerunner didn’t work for me honestly but I would genuinely be interested in rewatching Alien
@@tuckerlaramee638Then Say He is Not Great According To Your Taste....Overall He is One of The Best.
He made great movies in the past, but hey, he's 86 and still doing his job after 5 decades, have you seen The Duelist? that's his opera prima and maybe you like it.
@@jesustovar2549 I have not. After seeing his popular stuff I kinda gave up on him but maybe I’ll check it oit
This review was like watching paint dry. Napoleon wasn’t even small, and he was a genius military leader.
Scott made two good movies in the 70s and has been a miss ever since, not surprising.
This movie does not need comedy or any trivial stuff,
Its a telling of a grand tale of the one who is knowed Napoleon
This movie was so disappointing… easily the most disappointing movie of the year for me. It was just such a mess with really nothing of substance. It kept jumping scene to scene without much context of what was going on.
The only thing I enjoyed was the battle sequences & Vanessa Kirby… besides that… what an absolute mess.
I think Ridley just played the hits of napoleons life! Hugely disappointed
A slamdunk of dumpster fire--one of Napoleonic Proportions! Truly Ridley Scott's greatest attempt at utterly hysterical historic revisionism! His career-penultimate Waterloo.
Noooo I was hyped for this 😭
I’m so sorry
It's really bad and I'm a huge Napoleon fan. Just completely miscast and like 5 characters with Zero character development ~
Do you think this will benefit from a 4hr cut?
Well at least I don't to expect anything to high for now
It sounds like an Ango centric, cartoonish depiction of Napoleon's character.
We appreciate your insights regardless. We all have different thoughts and opinions in regards to films.
Always appreciate an honest review, I think your edits in your video are slightly too quick and sound like they’re overlapping the previous cut. Slightly more space in between edits please it’s a little jarring!
Killers of the flower moon was a bit of a let down, let’s see how this one rly goes
I was hoping that some other movie as Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon would've dethron Oppenheimer as my favorite movie of the year, but it didn't, it is quite a more mature film by Scorsese and I love the performances (especially Lily Gladstone), I even liked the ending, but the movie makes Oppenheimer look shorter and fast-paced in comparison, intensity is the key. At least Napoleon will have some entertaining battles, it has more of a chance to be a commercial success.
@@jesustovar2549 agreed
I was looking forward to this but its been getting mixed reviews
So that mean people like it and people don’t. Why not still look forward to it, you could still like it ?
Don't watch, it's an anti-historical movie. Napoleon was much greater than this.
I'm not going to go see this film (i'm french) because I know in advance, like everything that comes out of the Anglo-American empire, that the French will be further diminished.
I just paid 20 dollars for a single ticket, why? Because the only realistic time I could watch it today was at 3pm. And the only showing at this time, was the fancy AVX. Watching this video tho before I go see.
Oh...
This movie was beautiful! It looks like a painting! The source material was the neo classical Art from that era - genius! Thoroughly entertaining, gorgeous, and hilarious
If you never read any history I guess you can be entertained ~😞
I’ll just rewatch the Emperor’s New Clothes (Ian Holm,the perfect Napoleon).
Have you watched When Evil Lurks yet? Its one of the best horror films of the year!
Bruh you didn't just insult the last duel in the beginning 😭
lmao is that mannequin at the end from the fake nuclear test town in Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Good , honest… I agree.
Quick question… Did you like the last duel?
Are you going to watch the new Hunger Games movie?
The costumes are beautiful
Indeed. Very true. This was set in the turn of the century, before the beginning of the Victorian age, which I think is the peak of human expression in clothing
That's a shame
Napoleon wasn't even.short
"It was like watching paint dry." 😅
On another note, I was looking forward to Napoleon until I found out it was in English instead of French, and being a huge Ridley Scott fan, and despite enjoying Gucci and The Last Duel, I'm not so excited for Napoleon.
I don't get what you mean though. House of Gucci wasn't in Italian and The Last Duel wasn't in French either. Gladiator also wasn't in Latin and mostly had non-Southern European actors, but it works for what it does.
@@gs7828 Good points. I'm just saying the movie being in their root language is a plus, but it's not everything.
So you liked House of Gucci, eh?
If you know anything about history its awful. If you dont, its still boring. Why is half of the movie about an insignificant woman that had nothing to do with his victories....
Thank you for your review. Just saw it yesterday, and really enjoyed it overall. Especially for the performances from Phoenix and Kirby, who basically steals every scene from him. Also it reminded me of old Hollywood historical dramas from back in the day, which I enjoy. Just my preference. Have a feeling this may actually do better box office wise than expected, even if it divided critics, especially since it has a prime Thanksgiving weekend window. We'll see.
You know they call those things desk mics for a reason.
Scott - Shame on you - Your first movie "The Duelists" was a masterpiece ... You should have taken an good Italian or a Corsican actor for this role instead ...
Dead easy : Scott only thinks of making money now - He is no longer striving to deliver amazing movies anymore - He lost his soul - his spirit ... what a pity. I liked very much some of his movies from the past.@@s_g_101
Put the mic down
Frankly the moment i noticed it was in english i lost interest. Like casting Napoleon eith a dude with an American accent is so unbelievable stupid and laughably misplaced that it takes all excitement and tension out of this film any time this guy speaks
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Lol yeah it's a shame. Most American media just give English accents to any European. Same wkth assasin creed gsmr that takes place in French revolution. It's all juat British accents lmao
I personally don't mind the English speaking accents since after all it is a film made by an English speaking production for an English speaking audience. Also Napoleon apparently kept his thick Corsican accent throughout his life which would've been distinctive in French society so having a sole American in the film who plays Napoleon kind of shows that detail, similar how in the Death of Stalin the cast had varying accents to show how culturally diverse the USSR was.
My issue is it seems everyone, including Austrian and Russian characters, in the clips I've seen all speak English with "British" accents where I'd much prefer they put on an accent of spoke in their respective languages to distinguish them from the French instead of everyone having a "British" accent.
i does't not watch this movie i can say ridley scott is bad on making historian his movie have no life in them but i am sad that stanley kubrick not able to make classic napoleon movie
This seem like a movie with very different reactions, the main movie review site in my country (norway) gave it a 5/6.
The site rates on a scale of 6? That seems random.
@@lukedelrosario5881 Dice, 1-6. for some reason how we rate things in Norway.
This is a No for you because the critics aren't all over this. And cause this aint getting Oscar buzz. If the critics ate this up you would've been like 'I Loved Napoleon'.
If that was the case then he would’ve given Belfast, Coda, and Elvis much better reviews
I'm happy enough with Vanessa Kirby being great.
I NEED that Ridley Scott director's cut that's 4.5 hours with more of Kirby's Josephine.
You're breaking my heart. I want the best for Ridley.
And you are supposed to be somebody really knowledgeable about history. Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great,Napoleon.It ends there.
Crap movie. Boring. Ridley blew it.
Joaquin Phoenix ❤
Clearly Jonathan Film Drunk did not watch this movie correctly. Ridley fans hold your ground.
Me being someone who is reading on Napoleon for the last 25 years, from the classical biographies to the modern ones, want this movie to fail badly. Because this is giving a very a ahistorical, nonsensical view of him. Napoleon deserve much better than what's Scott is dishing out here.
You do seem like a good contrary indicator, should be a great flick
Its a top 2 movie of the year IMO
I guess it is normal for you RUclips reviewers to ALL give bad reviews of Scott's Napolean, as you ALL have now done. I haven't seen it yet, but maybe you should try in the future to not watch these films on your I-phone.
Bro can't comprehend the fact that the movie actually suck lmao
I usually agree with your takes but I disagree with this one, I really enjoyed it
I wonder if you liked Oppenheimer? Because THAT was a boring trash heap of a movie. Napoleon was rather entertaining.
Someone needs to investigate you ASAP
I thought the film was great.
So bad