In its entirety film felt like a mix of sequences shot for Viasat History Channel documentaries. The story lacked form and proper structure, characters were shallow and underdevelop (apart from Josepgine). No clear goals nor arcs were created (apart from Josephine) , and all Napoleon's relations with others felt distant and unconnected (apart for Josephine). I think by now you see where this is going. Yes, too much Josephine, typical Hollywood of today where you go to watch a movie about a man and you get a movie about a woman. They should've just shot a movie about Josephine instead, and that would have been fine.
The overall story felt rushed, so Napoleon's arc was almost unexisting. Sure hope the 4h version on apple tv makes it better. The scenography didn't feel as 18th and 19th Century Paris at all at times. The character of Napoleon was depicted as a weak man, unsure of himself, and very cocky just for having some strings of luck. The Russians were portrayed as stupid and violent, and it was just a winter that took care of his 400k men. The English were shown of course as the ultimate saviours and Wellington portryed as a far superior man and military expert. The only good thing is that the Prussians gave the final blow, which they in fact did. Lastly, Napoelon' final years have been rushed through again, not making us feel anything for the character. In fact, the most we felt for was the poor people doing all the "waring" and dying like flies, just to set some records straight and fulfill the goals of the upper class. (This is still here today unfortubatelly).
The only good thing were the battle scenes, although also a bit too rushed.
It started of okay, so I was thinking 7/10, and as it went on turned into 6/10, and finally once it dragged on the Josephine character, and mash pottatoes story, I went with 5/10.
The overall story felt rushed, so Napoleon's arc was almost unexisting. Sure hope the 4h version on apple tv makes it better. The scenography didn't feel as 18th and 19th Century Paris at all at times. The character of Napoleon was depicted as a weak man, unsure of himself, and very cocky just for having some strings of luck. The Russians were portrayed as stupid and violent, and it was just a winter that took care of his 400k men. The English were shown of course as the ultimate saviours and Wellington portryed as a far superior man and military expert. The only good thing is that the Prussians gave the final blow, which they in fact did. Lastly, Napoelon' final years have been rushed through again, not making us feel anything for the character. In fact, the most we felt for was the poor people doing all the "waring" and dying like flies, just to set some records straight and fulfill the goals of the upper class. (This is still here today unfortubatelly).
The only good thing were the battle scenes, although also a bit too rushed.
It started of okay, so I was thinking 7/10, and as it went on turned into 6/10, and finally once it dragged on the Josephine character, and mash pottatoes story, I went with 5/10.