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Joaquin Phoenix gives the absolute worst performance of his career as Napoleon Buonaparte, choosing to portray one of history’s most famously charismatic leaders, as a wooden cutout. No movie these days would be complete without Reddit/Marvel-tier quipped dialogue, and this screenplay provides it in spades. Many of the events that would naturally adapt to the big screen are skipped in favor of shots of Phoenix crawling under tables like some fucked up dog. No mention is made of Italy, and Spain and Haiti are skipped over as to avoid portraying the subject in any kind of negative light. Irresponsible and reactionary filmmaking shines through in a script that truly feels like it was written by chatgpt. The film concludes with him suddenly dying in a part that reminded me of the poochy “my planet needs me” bit. Do not waste your time. I was expecting a cheesy Hollywood retelling and it didn’t even do that, despite having more than enough source material to do so.

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[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

One of the worst things about this is that Ridley did make an absolutely amazing Napoleonic Era movie - his first one, The Duellists. He knocked it out of the park with literally his first one, and now we've gotten to “When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.’” (like, my guy, how the fuck do you think history works? "were you there", what kind of retort is this even)

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.

the soyjak "i studied this for my entire career"

vs. the chad "did you see the big bang? didn't think so"

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

“When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.’”

Ridley Scott talks like a Redditor. smuglord farquaad-point

[–] Vncredleader@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Also we fucking have so many personal accounts of the guy. Everyone who shook his hand wrote a memoir about it

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

From another of his recent interviews

‘I think we’ve been monitored for years!’ roars Scott. ‘How did the Egyptians build the pyramids? Rolling 20-tonne stones on logs? F*** off!’

‘We’ve got to step on this shit now, and move forward with incredibly tight constraints. If I design an AI, then tell it to design another one even smarter, what’s next? It could close down England, the internet, [drop] a hydrogen bomb. The compound interest is scary.’