My aunt and I saw Ridley Scott's newest film Napoleon last Friday. Obviously it centers on Napoleon Bonaparte, particularly his rise to power and his TERRIBLE relationship with his wife Josephine. That's pretty much all there is to it.
This movie had absolutely no reason for it's existence. There's always a point to a biopic (and to movies as a whole), but this one is just, here. We're they trying to humanize Bonaparte, we're they trying to show what a psychopath he was, what was the purpose of this movie? This blockbuster was clearly made for the sake of having a blockbuster about Napoleon in Hollywood. You can immediately tell by it's writing.
Don't get me wrong, the movie's not completely bad. The performances were great. But let's be honest, Joaquin Phoenix is incapable of doing a bad performance. Vanessa Kirby also did great, and her and Joaquin work very well together. As I mentioned earlier, Napoleon and Josephine had a TERRIBLE relationship, and the movie wasted no time showcasing that. Phoenix and Kirby did a great job portraying the weird type of love they had for each other, but still made it clear that they brought out the WORST in each other. The sex scenes however were unnecessary.
The war sequences are hands down the best thing about the movie. They were extremely well filmed and had me exhilarated every time. The only bad thing about them is that they were part of a lackluster movie. Those sequences were too good for this movie and It sucks that they were kind of wasted for this.
Overall this movie is just, nothing. It's far from bad, but that's as far as it gets. Thanks For Reading
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