Good, but not great
Pretty much as a lot of posters have said. Great action scenes and performances by Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby and just about everybody else.
The only problem is that the when the various armies aren't knocking seven bells out of each other, there is not that much going on.
Plus, Scott has been dealt a dirty blow by Sergey Bondarchuk. Compared to his version, Scott's battle looks like Sharpe's Waterloo with added CGI, although to be fair, nothing can hope to match Sergey Bondarchuk's film where most of the Russian army moonlighted as extras with most of the Russian army as extras and which had Christopher Plummer's redcoats arising like magic from the cornfields
But that is ok. The real problem is that Ridley Scott just does not seem to find Napoleon interesting , which makes it hard for the audience to do so.
The only problem is that the when the various armies aren't knocking seven bells out of each other, there is not that much going on.
Plus, Scott has been dealt a dirty blow by Sergey Bondarchuk. Compared to his version, Scott's battle looks like Sharpe's Waterloo with added CGI, although to be fair, nothing can hope to match Sergey Bondarchuk's film where most of the Russian army moonlighted as extras with most of the Russian army as extras and which had Christopher Plummer's redcoats arising like magic from the cornfields
But that is ok. The real problem is that Ridley Scott just does not seem to find Napoleon interesting , which makes it hard for the audience to do so.
- Saadsak
- Nov 23, 2023