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Message: [QUOTE="ZooCougar, post: 4818345, member: 296"] Already reviewed but here is my further take FWIW: Napoleon: Ridley Scott's Waterloo. You don't need to have taken AP European History to know that the two most compelling parts of Napoleon's legacy. The invasion of Russia was a military disaster of the highest order, it's so bad that it almost eclipses Randy Edsall's second stint at UConn. His subsequent escape from exile and reforming an Army seemingly from nothing was a comeback story for the ages; then he blows it all all at Waterloo. The whole thing is stranger than fiction. The man was larger than life whose successes were balanced by some amazing failures. Does Ridley make this movie? No. He makes a freaking love story. And it just doesn't work. It's so bad that you can that Phoenix really has no idea how to play the role and even admitted as such. Instead he just kind of does Phoenix things. And it unintentionally becomes a comedy. Whether it's the strange way he comes onto Josephine, or his line to the British: "You think you are so great because you have so many boats!". You will dislike the movie but you will laugh two or three times and if not then you will cringe. You have no idea why the British and the French are fighting. You have no idea why the Russians turn on Napoleon. The Battle of Austerlitz, which is probably the most stunning battlefield victory, maybe ever is reduced to a ripoff of the 1930's Alexander Nevsky. The final battle of Waterloo has a few nice touches. The Prussian General has no idea where he is and when asked he just shouts "Officer!". The messengers on horseback were kind of cool. But you could tell the battle was fought in fake rain. You don't even really see the Old Guard getting surprised by British hidden regiments which was what the knockout punch was truly. [/QUOTE]

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