'Napoleon' is Everything Wrong With Biopics

Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' is a historical distortionist mess, a defamatory assault on Napoleon and a terrible movie. What a waste...

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Timestamps

00:00 - Historical integrity matters
08:23 - Historical inaccuracy
26:06 - Defamatory portrayal of Napoleon
27:28 - Joaquin Phoenix is atrocious as Napoleon
30:02 - A few positives
31:03 - Greatest hits format
43:06 - Characterization
52:03 - Contextualization
1:03:02 - Lacklustre battle scenes
1:05:53 - Deconstruction of ALL male heroes (both real & fictional)
1:10:53 - Lack of detail in battles / reliance on CGI
1:14:30 - Scott tries to depict Napoleon as a butcher
1:17:35 - Vive L'Empereur!

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