OmegaSupreme
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Trailer dropped. Looks pretty spectacular.
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Napoleon By Ridley Scott
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Trailer dropped. Looks pretty spectacular.
CanYouFlyBobby?
Banned
I'm in.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
OMG That looks amazing. If they dont give Ridley an Oscar for this, I am done with these losers. What a gorgeous looking movie with some insane setpieces. The war scenes are going to be glorious.
P.S to anyone who misses the early 2000s late 90s war epics, give the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven another shot. It is probably the best epic of the lot, and doesnt get the love and admiration it deserves because the theatrical cut was kind of a mess.
P.S to anyone who misses the early 2000s late 90s war epics, give the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven another shot. It is probably the best epic of the lot, and doesnt get the love and admiration it deserves because the theatrical cut was kind of a mess.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I’m in for Phoenix alone.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
A river of love.
DKehoe
Member
Looks great.
Radiohead in the trailer for the Dad movie historical epic of the year?
Also, I'm curious to see how this will compare to Spielberg's HBO miniseries that's going off of Kubrick's notes. Assuming that also happens. Speilberg was talking about it recently so I would assume it still is.
Radiohead in the trailer for the Dad movie historical epic of the year?
Also, I'm curious to see how this will compare to Spielberg's HBO miniseries that's going off of Kubrick's notes. Assuming that also happens. Speilberg was talking about it recently so I would assume it still is.
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GymWolf
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The movie clearly mocks short people and slobs without ambitions, dude basically represent toxic masculinity in pocket form.
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EddieVanHelgen
Banned
This looks lit fam, for real for real no bussing.
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Deleted member 1159
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why they got English accents tho? Gimme Pepe le Pew accents or no deal.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
It looks the dog's bollocks, but I'm not 100% convinced.
Ridley Scott is probably one of the most hit or miss directors on the planet, and his historical stuff is normally woefully inaccurate.
Also, I don't see how you can squeeze the life of Napoleon and a majority of his major battles into a single film. This would have worked better as a mini series.
Ridley Scott is probably one of the most hit or miss directors on the planet, and his historical stuff is normally woefully inaccurate.
Also, I don't see how you can squeeze the life of Napoleon and a majority of his major battles into a single film. This would have worked better as a mini series.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
The number one killer of old people (besides heart disease) is retirement. He loves to work.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I like movies with Epic battle scenes. Even if it's kind of shit it's still worth watching the fights.
BTW, avoid Robin Hood. That's got to be one of the worst movies I've seen the past few years. How anyone can make a Robin Hood story so boring who knows. Kevin Costners Robin is still the best movie.
BTW, avoid Robin Hood. That's got to be one of the worst movies I've seen the past few years. How anyone can make a Robin Hood story so boring who knows. Kevin Costners Robin is still the best movie.
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Yeah, probably should have been a trilogy. I watched Epic History Channel's 4 part documentary on him and it was hilarious how kept coming back like Terminator. You could do a whole movie on his exile and comeback campaign which was honestly Napolean the general at his best.
I actually think the whole retreat from Moscow should be one movie. some insane shit happened there that no hollywood writer can come up in their wildest dreams. Make that Part 2 and call it fall of Napolean or something.
The thing is these movies are a huge risk with the audience simply not turning out for them like they used to. The Last Duel flopped and if this movie flops, there is absolutely no way he gets the funds to do two more.
Alexander is probably actually a bad movie, but the two big war scenes in Persia and India are absolutely insane. Oliver Stone at his best.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Perfect timing for what might be a repeat of 1789-1799.
DKehoe
Member
The scale of Napoleon's life story is why I'm really glad that Spielberg is doing his version as a miniseries.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Perfect.
Too clean. His uniform should have been scuffed up a bit. Rough background, tired look, just got out of The GAP.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Alexander actually does a lot right in terms of historical accuracy (I mean in terms of how it looks), but it was too much for one film. Should have been a trilogy. I agree that the battle scenes are top notch (they even added the Argyraspides), but besides that it's very forgettable.
I'm a history scholar, but I rarely look forward to any historical epic because 99% of the time they're so inaccurate that they might as well be fantasy. Braveheart, The King and Gladiator are some of the worst offenders and are so bad they're borderline offensive.
I'll give this a go. If it's good I'm hoping it gets a 4k physical release rather than being held hostage on Apple TV.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
I'm sold.
I love these kinds of films, especially on 1st watch.
Scott's style often doesn't work for me after a couple of watches but you get many hours of entertainment before it starts to seem corny so I'm in , again!
I love these kinds of films, especially on 1st watch.
Scott's style often doesn't work for me after a couple of watches but you get many hours of entertainment before it starts to seem corny so I'm in , again!
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Starts a trailer. Trailer: Trailer starts now.
Thanks, trailer.
Thanks, trailer.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
lol yeah, its awful, but a guilty pleasure of mine. Oscar Isaac was really good in it which is disappointing because the movie is about robin hood.
I think Ridley had a really bad 2010s. Both alien movies were flawed. Exodus was bad. Counselor is probably the worst movie I have ever seen. Though the Martian was actually kinda good.
Still he had a string of like 6 bad movies, and just when I thought he was done, he made the last duel. I am super psyched about Gladiator 2 now because if there is one thing he proved with the last duel is that he can choreograph a mean medieval duel. There is no one better. He was let down by some poor writers the last ten years or so. Lets hope he's learned from that.
They do this for youtube ads that let you skip after 5 seconds. The first 5 seconds are an ad for the ad.
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MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
Cut that from the actual trailer then.
Who else is tired of how historical movies are color graded? It's set in the past so we set the saturation slider to 15 out of 100. Wow, so creative. Stop that shit.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I kind of liked Exodus. At least it looked good. That's the thing with all of his movies even the ho hum ones. They look fantastic. Prometheus too. What an amazing looking scfi film that would have worked great if divorced of the Alien mythos.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
I am honestly ok with it. If i wanted to see movies with soap opera daytime tv looks, i would watch marvel movies or modern day Netflix trash.
The movie looks gorgeous and the color pallete doesnt seem to diminish the scale of the battles. Yes, he's following the same look as The Last Duel which is fine since most of the movie is probably set in France, but there are definitely more color palletes in this. Egypt still looks stunning and the indoor scenes seem to be lit exclusively with candle lights where the grey color pallete doesnt seem to impact those scenes.
I said the same thing to my friend on whatsapp earlier today. Despite how bad the Alien movies were, at least they looked good. The action in Covenant was very well directed too.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
Is that still happening, or is it another historical epic that could have been like Vin Diesel's Hannibal The Conqueror and Martin Scorsese's epic TV series on Rome and the rise of Caesar?
Sure.. but...
No. If it's really historically inaccurate then it triggers me.
12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
DKehoe
Member
It’s one of those projects that has been in the works for years now so until recently I figured it had faded away. But as I mentioned above Spielberg was talking about it again only a few months ago. So that gives me hope that it’s actively being worked on again and is edging towards production. I would also think the Kubrick connection would make it a passion project for Spielberg and that it’s one he’d want to see to completion as a result of that.
SirKicksalot
Member
Ridley Scott has been colouring the shit out of his footage since he was doing commercials in the 60s. The man loves his blues, oranges and hard contrasts.
Alexander theatrical: absolute garbage with two fantastic battle scenes
Alexander Revisited: kino of the highest quality
There has never been a better example of what good editing means for a movie. Even Kingdom of Heaven and Alien 3 are decent in their original versions.
Alexander theatrical: absolute garbage with two fantastic battle scenes
Alexander Revisited: kino of the highest quality
There has never been a better example of what good editing means for a movie. Even Kingdom of Heaven and Alien 3 are decent in their original versions.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Thank God. His shit actually has some style. Unlike 98 percent of filmmakers under 50.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
I’m really not feeling Joaquin as Napoleon. Too old for a film that will cover even the pre-Empire part of the story. Also quite too stiff in the trailer. Napoleon apparently enjoyed some humour, and he was so sure of himself I can’t picture him as the bitchy resting face guy that Phoenix is portraying here.
Apart from this glaring little thing, looks like a blast. But it’ll need like 4 hours to even cover the basics, and I’m expecting some grating historical inaccuracies.
Apart from this glaring little thing, looks like a blast. But it’ll need like 4 hours to even cover the basics, and I’m expecting some grating historical inaccuracies.
Wildebeest
Member
I believe that scene where they are fighting a battle right in front of a pyramid and hit it with artillery is what they call in the history trade "complete bullshit".
SirTerry-T
Member
Sean Bean/Sharpe cameo???
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Napoleon’s a fascinating figure and it’s a really interesting historical period. All we have culturally in the States is more or less “lol short man with inferiority complex tried to conquer Europe and lost,” but it goes far beyond that.
Very stylized trailer, but looks fun.
Very stylized trailer, but looks fun.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Hopefully they get more historical movies going, the past is filled with good stories I’d watch kang, Egypt, Japanese samurai etc.
JimmyRustler
Member
Trailer looks rad but man… Napoleon must be turning in his grave. I usually don’t mind but everyone talking English here seems like the ultimate insult.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
While I get it.. I think you'd benefit from just letting go of that aspect.
(but I get it)