| 42flanker | 15 Nov 2023 6:31 a.m. PST |
-Phoenix makes a magnificent emperor in thrilling biopic "Scott doesn't allow his troops to get bogged down mid-gallop in the muddy terrain of either fact or metaphysical significance…" link "Phoenix plays Napoleon as a military genius and lounge lizard peacock who is incidentally no slouch on horseback.." |
| 14Bore | 15 Nov 2023 7:43 a.m. PST |
Planning to see it Sunday after Thanksgiving
Am not a Napoleon person historian but know he got tossed off horses often |
| BillyNM | 15 Nov 2023 10:09 a.m. PST |
I'll be interested to see if they use the trailer clip of Napoleon galloping in a charge in the film and whether they get it round the right way. Or, perhaps there'll be plot device to explain why everyone became left-handed for the charge – just like the Prussians hussars in Waterloo or maybe it's a sort of homage to Dino De Laurentiis. |
| P Carl Ruidl | 15 Nov 2023 12:22 p.m. PST |
I believe Ridley Scott (a la John Ford) will proclaim, "This is the way Napoleon should've been!" |
| 42flanker | 15 Nov 2023 1:48 p.m. PST |
Not the sack of potatoes we all know and love.. |
robert piepenbrink  | 15 Nov 2023 2:45 p.m. PST |
I have great hopes for this movie--not as a narrative, but just think of all the little snippets which will show up on YouTube with period music. For that matter, think of all the "Girls und Panzer" videos which will use music from this film. |
| Artilleryman | 15 Nov 2023 6:02 p.m. PST |
Sounds like a fair review. I suspect we will all carp at the detail (I know I did on the trailer) but it has the whiff of something magnificent! I cannot wait. |
| dibble | 16 Nov 2023 5:02 p.m. PST |
Never has the word 'got' had so much meaning. |
ScottWashburn  | 17 Nov 2023 12:58 p.m. PST |
Just as "Patton" was weak on history but strong on character, so I am hoping for "Napoleon". |
| Artilleryman | 17 Nov 2023 1:46 p.m. PST |
Another great movie. My dad took 12 year old me to see it having spent a lot of time persuading me that it would be all action. It wasn't but I was not disappointed. It took me years to realise what he was about. Clever man! |
 Old Contemptible | 17 Nov 2023 6:05 p.m. PST |
He certainly got the French flags all wrong. Big large tricolors with no embroidery or eagles. I am hoping the British are in shakos and not tricornes. |
| Gazzola | 18 Nov 2023 4:22 a.m. PST |
It's a film! It's Napoleonic! Stop moaning and enjoy! Non military/wargaming people are talking about Napoleon and the Napoleonic period! How often do they do that. Embrace it! We might never see another Napoleonic film for some time. |
| dibble | 18 Nov 2023 11:36 a.m. PST |
Yeah! The poor old Ancient/Roman Empire Wargamers and enthusiasts have to put up with the new Hannibal film. Certainly puts the flags into perspective. |
| Georg Buechner | 18 Nov 2023 2:03 p.m. PST |
I didn't know there was a new hannibal.film, is not very good? |
| Georg Buechner | 18 Nov 2023 2:05 p.m. PST |
I think it's fine to criticise the film in these forums of all places – we can criticise accuracy and still enjoy it – I still enjoy The Patriot despite how much it gets wrong and have no problems with pointing out these |
| Artilleryman | 18 Nov 2023 9:28 p.m. PST |
New Hannibal film with Denzel Washington as the terror of Rome. Interesting. |
| 42flanker | 19 Nov 2023 4:52 a.m. PST |
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| 42flanker | 20 Nov 2023 12:12 p.m. PST |
All that aside, where did the youth come up with this silly way of pronouncing "Biopic"? |
| The Last Conformist | 22 Nov 2023 11:04 a.m. PST |
If I may believe the (distinctly negative) review in the paper, Scott's said that history nerds are not part of the target audience. So he's presumably just as happy if everyone here stays away from it. |
| ConnaughtRanger | 22 Nov 2023 12:21 p.m. PST |
Why would anyone on this forum need to see Scott's film? We've got Kevin to tell us everything we could possibly need to know? |
| Gazzola | 01 Dec 2023 9:56 a.m. PST |
Er, the film has a 'British' ex-paratrooper as military adviser. Perhaps complainers should message him about the mistakes and inaccuracies? LOL |
 deadhead | 01 Dec 2023 10:49 a.m. PST |
The Prussians arriving on Wellington's right flank did jar a bit. Never did notice if everyone was suddenly left handed, but many a film has flipped scenes, as the directors fear the audience might be confused by changed camera angles. In WWII films the Allies always attack from the left of the screen and the Germans stay on the right. Eastern Front films tend to reverse that of course. Funny how it does really apply. |
| ConnaughtRanger | 03 Dec 2023 3:34 a.m. PST |
In practice, Sir Ridley gives us a very cogent version of the Waterloo campaign. Bonaparte faced with large armies across Europe. Decides to attack the British and Prussians north of the French border and defeat them separately. Weather is a significant factor. Wellington's strategy is predicated on the Prussians arriving. They're coming but a long way still to go. They're getting nearer. Bonaparte knows he has to risk everything to defeat Wellington before they arrive. He doesn't and is defeated. I suspect the vast majority of the viewing audience don't know or care whether the Prussians arrive from the right or left. |
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