Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23

[Chris_H_2]

Sure you can. With computers

[tree_]

too soon

[wease]

Too soon? He used a voice synthesizer since 1985.

[dimejinky99]

Fuck sake lads

You let yourselves down there

[JuanHamm]

Fuck sake lads

You let yourselves down there

You do know he was English, right?

[tree_]

I haven’t seen anybody talk about Phoenix’s use of an American accent rather than British accent. I think it’s a clever nod to how Napoleon, a native Corsican, sounded like an outsider compared to the French mainlanders.

[JuanHamm]

I watched that video too

[dimejinky99]

I haven’t seen anybody talk about Phoenix’s use of an American accent rather than British accent. I think it’s a clever nod to how Napoleon, a native Corsican, sounded like an outsider compared to the French mainlanders.

He did change his name to make it more French.
He probably changed his accent to be more French too.
Phoenix is wrong here

Think of Tom cruise keeping his American accent for playing a German in Valkyrie to see how bad an idea that is.

[Coach]

At the end of the day, it's up to the actor and producers and director, etc. about how / if any accents are going to change.

[tree_]

At the end of the day, it's up to the actor and producers and director, etc. about how / if any accents are going to change.

keen insight from a leading candidate for poster of the year

[Chris_H_2]

At the end of the day, it's up to the actor and producers and director, etc. about how / if any accents are going to change.

keen insight from a leading candidate for poster of the year

i told you it was too early to start that thread

[Coach]

At the end of the day, it's up to the actor and producers and director, etc. about how / if any accents are going to change.

keen insight from a leading candidate for poster of the year

Thanks I love to provide clear and deep understanding of a complicated problem.

[BurtReynolds]

Enough about the accents!

[JuanHamm]

Enough about the accents!

Let's talk about Alexander

[BurtReynolds]

Never saw it. I don't have much faith in these movies.

[The Argonaut]

I saw this Napoleon movie. I expect the public reaction to this will be similar to Scott's last two efforts. It will have its partisans, most viewers will enjoy it enough, but it won't make big waves or big money and Ridley will end up complaining about "kids these days" again.

It is a pretty cool movie, some fantastic stuff in there, never boring. Not exactly what I was expecting in terms of Napoleon's characterization. This movie paints him as a

Spoiler: show

silly little guy, tee hee

[The Argonaut]

get ready for some memes, too

[dimejinky99]

Good stuff thanks Argo.

I’m excited to see it.

[The Argonaut]

There is also apparently a four-hour director's cut slated for eventual release on Apple+, but I'd still encourage people to go see this 2.5 hour cut on the big screen. I saw it in IMAX and Ridley definitely makes use of the big screen.

I'll look at the longer cut when its time comes, for sure

[Mecca]

This was good, not great, but good. I never felt the movie’s length at any point and thought the battles were well done.