In Theaters: Napoleon by Landon Opipari
Recently, a movie about the most powerful leader of France was created. This movie,Napoleon, was led by Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby, playing Napoleon and his wife Josephine.
The movie was mostly historically accurate, opting to focus on Napoleon’s relationship with his wife. The conquest and war strategies were briefly touched on; however, Napoleon's personality was shown heavily. Napoleon was very passionate about France, and tried to bring its glory above everything else. He was a reckless ruler that couldn’t be controlled for the better or worse of his country.
The movie included Napoleon’s whole reign as a war hero to being the ruler of France. It had a variety of scenes that showed his captivation and loyalty he instilled in his people. This is what brought him his legacy, patriotism, and ultimate failure as a leader. He was a flawed person that lacked any sense of defeat in his worldview. Napoleon expended the lives of his people to challenge an unwinnable battle against the Russian Army. This cost him everything and he was exiled. After coming back, he led an unsuccessful revolt, stranding him to die on a small island for the last of his days.
The movie used accurate backdrops and a mostly accurate plot. The numbers of soldiers and the general ammunition was realistic, but the actual battles did not have this same attention to detail. Some things such as the strategies were exaggerated for the sake of the cinematic and exciting nature of the movie. This created a more visually interesting movie with a very obvious showcase of France’s power during the early 1800’s. The culture and attire of the French at the time were showcased, including the political system and patriarchy and sexist views of the time. This allowed the movie to include a few statistics and events that happened around the narrative of Napoleon’s growth as a leader.
Napoleon was a high budget movie that captured its grandvision in a successful and moderate way. The movie was nearly three hours long, but no moment was unrelated to Napoleon's life. It is a modern movie that time will regard as a classic.
The movie was mostly historically accurate, opting to focus on Napoleon’s relationship with his wife. The conquest and war strategies were briefly touched on; however, Napoleon's personality was shown heavily. Napoleon was very passionate about France, and tried to bring its glory above everything else. He was a reckless ruler that couldn’t be controlled for the better or worse of his country.
The movie included Napoleon’s whole reign as a war hero to being the ruler of France. It had a variety of scenes that showed his captivation and loyalty he instilled in his people. This is what brought him his legacy, patriotism, and ultimate failure as a leader. He was a flawed person that lacked any sense of defeat in his worldview. Napoleon expended the lives of his people to challenge an unwinnable battle against the Russian Army. This cost him everything and he was exiled. After coming back, he led an unsuccessful revolt, stranding him to die on a small island for the last of his days.
The movie used accurate backdrops and a mostly accurate plot. The numbers of soldiers and the general ammunition was realistic, but the actual battles did not have this same attention to detail. Some things such as the strategies were exaggerated for the sake of the cinematic and exciting nature of the movie. This created a more visually interesting movie with a very obvious showcase of France’s power during the early 1800’s. The culture and attire of the French at the time were showcased, including the political system and patriarchy and sexist views of the time. This allowed the movie to include a few statistics and events that happened around the narrative of Napoleon’s growth as a leader.
Napoleon was a high budget movie that captured its grandvision in a successful and moderate way. The movie was nearly three hours long, but no moment was unrelated to Napoleon's life. It is a modern movie that time will regard as a classic.