Oh yes….. Napoleon by Ridley Scott

[vtsaogames]

...I just hope Spielberg's effort is going to be better - it would be hard not to be.

Is he working on one?

Edit: I see, a 7-part TV series for HBO based on Kubrick's unfinished project. Hmm.

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

Is he working on one?

Edit: I see, a 7-part TV series for HBO based on Kubrick's unfinished project. Hmm.

This has been kicking around for a while.  Most of what I have read makes it sound like it is happening but there is scant detail, which makes me think it probably isn't. 

[Cubs]

Finally watched this on a plane last week. It really is as bad as everyone says.

I'll bet some people still walked out.

[Pattus Magnus]

“I'll bet some people still walked out.”   

That’s quite the statement about how bad the movie is! I haven’t seen it yet, and probably won’t.

[has.been]

I haven’t seen it yet, and probably won’t.

Oh you must see it...why should we be the only ones to suffer?   

[CapnJim]

Oh you must see it...why should we be the only ones to suffer?   

Yeah - misery loves company - I don't think i could stand a 2nd viewing, though...

[Pattus Magnus]

Are the uniforms at least plausible? I get hung up when a movie or series set in a “historical” period completely ignores what folks actually wore in the time period. That godawful King Arthur movie with Kiera Knightly, for example… I’m not sure that I am up for the masochism OG putting up with enormous plot holes if the visual spectacle doesn’t compensate a bit.

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

Are the uniforms at least plausible? I get hung up when a movie or series set in a “historical” period completely ignores what folks actually wore in the time period. That godawful King Arthur movie with Kiera Knightly, for example… I’m not sure that I am up for the masochism OG putting up with enormous plot holes if the visual spectacle doesn’t compensate a bit.

There are a few visual gems in the movie.  The uniforms and sets are great.  I think they did the Coup of 18 Brumaire well.  The battles are awful.  I don't understand how many film critics found the battles to be "epic".  None were particularly exciting (except, perhaps the battle at Toulon) and most completely ignored Napoleonic formations and tactics. 

[Pattus Magnus]

“ The uniforms and sets are great.” That’s  something, I suppose. The movie sounds like a lost opportunity, though. They had a massive budget, high profile cast, and then couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to the historical content. I don’t get that - it’s not like a crew of competent historical advisors would cost anything like what one of the star actors was paid. I can only assume that they didn’t think the audience is sophisticated enough to grasp a historically accurate plot. Given that film critics found the battles epic, maybe that’s justified.

[Harry Faversham]

The battle scenes were pretty dire. Some of the scuffles in Sharpe are more 'epic'!
 

[Fitz]

Are you suggesting that Napoleonic battlefield tactics didn't consist of two crowds of men running at each other in disorganised mobs?

[Cholmondely Percival IV]

Are the uniforms at least plausible? I get hung up when a movie or series set in a “historical” period completely ignores what folks actually wore in the time period. That godawful King Arthur movie with Kiera Knightly, for example… I’m not sure that I am up for the masochism OG putting up with enormous plot holes if the visual spectacle doesn’t compensate a bit.

I haven’t seen King Arthur but I recall an interview with Kiera Knightly in which she discussed an idea she’d had for increasing her character’s historical accuracy, which wasn’t adopted. It entailed her being naked in a battle scene, apparently to distract her opponents and facilitate her killing them.. More research is needed in this area, I feel.

[Cholmondely Percival IV]

I'll bet some people still walked out.

Some didn’t even bother asking for a parachute.

[The Dozing Dragon]

I attempted to persevere last night... it did not last long...

[dickiegranthum]

I'll bet some people still walked out.

So… twist this handle, pull in, and I’m out the door! Glad I read the pre-flight pamphlet!