First, not a Phoenix fanboy. Secondly, Ridley fanboy. Thirdly, they both let me down.
This film is primarily about how uncouth and downright crazy Napolean was (supposedly). So, much of the time was spent on Phoenix raging and brooding over Josephine. Ridley employed his action skills with the few battle segments there were. Waterloo was the longest (as should be) but was not the masterpiece of Bondarchuk's 'Waterloo'.
So, we have the seaminess of Napolean and Josephine against the craziness of The Reign of Terror with the treachery of Napolean's brother pulling him up whenever he could. I suppose this is the "most inside" look at Napolean's life via motion picture and should be seen on that alone.
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Topic - 'Napolean': Meh . . - Billy Wonka 15:14:47 11/23/23 (9)
- That's too bad as I liked the movie - jedrider 10:36:03 03/06/24 (0)
- Speaking of Napoleon, is anyone familiar with "Waterloo"? - Chris from Lafayette 18:57:56 12/07/23 (0)
- That's disappointing.... I had high hopes for Napoleon... - TWB 06:16:17 11/26/23 (1)
- I too had high hopes for Napoleon until his blunder after Borodino - Jay Buridan 06:38:49 12/28/23 (0)
- Here's a YouTube review - Chris from Lafayette 01:34:49 11/25/23 (1)
- I humbly defer . . . excellent review. * - Billy Wonka 14:09:20 11/25/23 (0)
- People don't seem to know much about Napoleon. - free.ranger 14:36:59 11/24/23 (2)
- Good primer about Napoleon. - dgaapc7 14:31:48 12/13/23 (0)
- All I've known is The General . . . - Billy Wonka 17:25:52 11/24/23 (0)