What was Ridley Scott's agenda with this movie?
I found the movie quite disappointing due to the SPIN. The movie was visually interesting, battle scenes fantastic and the acting very good but it was more a relationship soap opera movie - focussing a lot on Josephine and unnecessary sex scenes. There is not historical evidence that Napoleon left Egypt because Josephine was sleeping around and Napoleon also had many lovers. The story flow is very jumpy and and lacks any good insights into Napoleon's character - just that he was a "toxic male." All context of Napoleon's military campaigns is missing. This movie is not a "man-flick". Maybe the movie should have been called "Josephine".
As far as I can tell, many facts presented were true. I did not know that Napoleon had Black officers in his French army. There was much lacking. Why are all the social reforms and the origins of the Napoleonic Code missing? It lacks any insight into his charisma. Due to the cherry-picking of issues to present in the movie, the presentation of Napoleon is historically not true.
Joaquin Phoenix is the wrong actor for Napoleon. In 1789, at the start of the French Revolution, Napoleon was 20 years old. Joaquin Phoenix is now 49 years old.
I found the movie quite disappointing due to the SPIN. The movie was visually interesting, battle scenes fantastic and the acting very good but it was more a relationship soap opera movie - focussing a lot on Josephine and unnecessary sex scenes. There is not historical evidence that Napoleon left Egypt because Josephine was sleeping around and Napoleon also had many lovers. The story flow is very jumpy and and lacks any good insights into Napoleon's character - just that he was a "toxic male." All context of Napoleon's military campaigns is missing. This movie is not a "man-flick". Maybe the movie should have been called "Josephine".
As far as I can tell, many facts presented were true. I did not know that Napoleon had Black officers in his French army. There was much lacking. Why are all the social reforms and the origins of the Napoleonic Code missing? It lacks any insight into his charisma. Due to the cherry-picking of issues to present in the movie, the presentation of Napoleon is historically not true.
Joaquin Phoenix is the wrong actor for Napoleon. In 1789, at the start of the French Revolution, Napoleon was 20 years old. Joaquin Phoenix is now 49 years old.
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