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1 posted on 11/19/2023 5:39:58 PM PST by Rummyfan
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It could be interesting, but for the moment, I still like to watch the 2002 version from A&E.


2 posted on 11/19/2023 5:43:11 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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So Riddled With Snot thinks Napoleon is more famous than Jesus. As if


3 posted on 11/19/2023 5:51:28 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver (Rrily)
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Stanley Kubrick wanted to make this movie, but it never came anywhere near fruition. It probably would not have been anything like, “1814: A French Odyssey” or “Dr. Strangehat.”


4 posted on 11/19/2023 5:51:29 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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I’ve never understood the whole Joaquin Phoenix thing. He’s just not my cup of tea.

And I saw a clip of the Battle of Austerlitz and it had laughable CGI, a battle that felt like a video game (if the general mutters “Charge”, the horsemen half a mile away spring into action) and it also seemed to focus on highly questionable action involving troops drowning in a frozen river thanks to well-placed artillery shots shattering the ice. The whole thing seemed like garbage to me.


5 posted on 11/19/2023 5:52:10 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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Looking forward to it, Scott has made some fantastic movies. Blade Runners, The Duelists, and A Good Year are my favorites.


6 posted on 11/19/2023 5:55:37 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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I’ll wait to hear from the French Legume before I go to see ot.


7 posted on 11/19/2023 5:57:00 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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Watching this on Wednesday.


8 posted on 11/19/2023 6:00:28 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Le Figaro saying the film could have been called “Barbie and Ken under the Empire,”

LOLOL. 😭

9 posted on 11/19/2023 6:00:50 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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I thought the scene with the tater tots was funny. And I’m glad Pedro was elected president.


10 posted on 11/19/2023 6:02:56 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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I love Ridley Scott, but it’s going to bug the hell out of me watching a movie about Napoleon where everyone is speaking English.

In a post-Passion of the Christ/Inglorious Basterds/Narcos era, they really should shoot films in their native language.

They spend hundreds of millions of dollars on historically accurate costumes, sets, and battle sequences, but you couldn’t get your actors French lessons for a couple of months, or hire a French-speaking cast?

A new Predator movie came out last year and it was set in the 1700s and had the Predator fighting Native Americans. The whole movie is dubbed in Comanche, and my kids and I watched the Comanche version and loved it.

Subtitles are not looked down upon even by the marginally intelligent American movie-goer anymore. Ditch this King’s English for any language other than English BS.

11 posted on 11/19/2023 6:06:34 PM PST by GunRunner
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I expect the film to suck, and be totally inaccurate.


14 posted on 11/19/2023 6:16:46 PM PST by montag813
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Absolutely. 👍


15 posted on 11/19/2023 6:17:51 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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Crap! I thought it was finally the rumored Napoleon Dynamite sequel.


16 posted on 11/19/2023 6:21:12 PM PST by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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Hair Lip Napoleon? Going to see it too.


17 posted on 11/19/2023 6:21:52 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Some stories are best told in smaller chunks.


18 posted on 11/19/2023 6:22:00 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Napoleon- -and not Napoleon dynamite, which likely exceeds this film in excellence by 4 stars by any aspect- is portrayed in the Bill and Ted time travel flick perfectly. When the guys critique his mini model plans for battle he reaches back, knocks over all the little army guys without flinching. No facial expression. It’s him. It’s hilarious and it’s all I or anyone needs to see about Napoleon on film in my opinion


23 posted on 11/19/2023 6:38:59 PM PST by stanne
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Needs more mimes.


24 posted on 11/19/2023 6:39:16 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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This is the first movie I have wanted to see for entertainment in a long time. I’m still unsure if I am willing to give my money to people I know hate me and want me dead. But the real story is epic and the movie might be great. What to do?


27 posted on 11/19/2023 7:26:17 PM PST by wgmalabama (Censored )
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29 posted on 11/19/2023 7:44:14 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver (Rrily)
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Nothing will likely ever top 1970’s joint Italian-Soviet Movie “Waterloo,” which included 17,000 soldiers from the Soviet Red Army dressed in Napoleonic-era uniforms and trained in 1815 tactical formations. No CGI.


30 posted on 11/19/2023 7:46:55 PM PST by Jay W
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