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Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 2:07 am
by daft twat
Would you say the movie was good, great, or dynamite?
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 2:15 am
by dimejinky99
Often forgotten had he succeeded in europe, the new world was next.
Imagine napoleons America today? That could be awesome
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:03 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:35 am
by Ello Sailor
Quit being a pussy and form your own opinion challenge [IMPOSSIBLE]
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:46 am
by The Argonaut
This thread shall see effusive praise soon enough
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 4:06 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Mecca wrote:This was good, not great, but good. I never felt the movie’s length at any point and thought the battles were well done.
Pretty much the same, though at times I didn't feel very engaged. Looked great though.
Not a big fan of Kirby, and did have a hard time buying Joaquin.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 5:01 am
by Mecca
dimejinky99 wrote:Often forgotten had he succeeded in europe, the new world was next.
Imagine napoleons America today? That could be awesome
He sold the Louisiana Purchase to the US while in power. He was happy to have it off the books
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 5:09 am
by Anders
The Argonaut wrote:There is also apparently a four-hour director's cut slated for eventual release on Apple+
Great news.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 1:40 pm
by Ms Harmless
bart wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:The Argonaut wrote:tree_ wrote:Jorge wrote:tree_ wrote:These are supposed to be historically accurate movies.
Huh?
I said these are supposed to be historically accurate movies
I watched the trailer again, and Napoleon blows up the top of a pyramid with a cannon about a minute in
The actual napoleon did that.
They gave up shooting when they weren’t making much of a dent but also running low on shot.
This did not happen
Napoleon conquered upper Egypt, I guess they wanted a striking visual representation to gloss over it
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 2:18 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
lol
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:00 pm
by spike
daft twat wrote:Would you say the movie was good, great, or dynamite?
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:02 pm
by spike
Anders wrote:The Argonaut wrote:There is also apparently a four-hour director's cut slated for eventual release on Apple+
Great news.
I want to go see this while in Paris, for obvious reasons, but my wife wants to wait for the director’s cut.
Apparently it fleshes things out beyond the battles and his marriage.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:07 pm
by The Argonaut
Take advantage of the big screen. It's a big movie with big battles
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:42 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
I don’t think I could take 4 hours of this.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 3:48 pm
by Anders
spike wrote:Anders wrote:The Argonaut wrote:There is also apparently a four-hour director's cut slated for eventual release on Apple+
Great news.
I want to go see this while in Paris, for obvious reasons, but my wife wants to wait for the director’s cut.
Apparently it fleshes things out beyond the battles and his marriage.
Won’t it be dubbed in French if you see it there?
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 4:49 pm
by Vitalogist
I echo the sentiment of seeing this on the big screen. Ridley knows actions, and the action scenes were great in this. Joaquin is brilliant, as always. He carries the film. Not sure the run time is justified.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 5:09 pm
by wease
Wouldn’t it be odd if he didn’t carry the film? He is playing the title character after all.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 7:23 pm
by spike
Anders wrote:spike wrote:Anders wrote:The Argonaut wrote:There is also apparently a four-hour director's cut slated for eventual release on Apple+
Great news.
I want to go see this while in Paris, for obvious reasons, but my wife wants to wait for the director’s cut.
Apparently it fleshes things out beyond the battles and his marriage.
Won’t it be dubbed in French if you see it there?
I bet I could find an English version playing somewhere.
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 7:29 pm
by Mecca
I wondered how they got Joaquin to look short, but I guess my guy is only 5’’8”
Re: Napoleon (Ridley Scott) - 11/22/23
Posted: Wed November 22, 2023 8:37 pm
by Rangi Guy
Seeing this tomorrow