I’m going to wait to see it on my feeds. Flintlock battles and cavalry may be worth sitting for three hours.
Its got some glorious moments in set pieces, but not a lot.
My vote for the best “painting” scene. They even pan out to show Jacques-Louis David sketching it.
The battles themselves are not, er, ideally done. They aren’t going to compete with Bondarchuk in any way. In some moments they are silly, as when Napoleon joins his cavalry in a charge.
The eight hour long War and Peace (1966) is well worth the it as is WATERLOO (1970). got them on DVD.
I wanted to see this NAPOLEON movie at the theater (first time in 13 years) but I am too old to go out at nights. I did watch the 1927 version of NAPOLEON and will wait for the DVD.
Also watched IS PARIS BURNING?(1966) when the nazis rig the grave to be blown up. Then one of them looks at Napoleon’s victories and stops at the word....”MOSCOW,(sigh) Moscow!”