None of these trailers excite me to be honest.
Film Napoleon (Dir. Ridley Scott)
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I'm beginning to think I won't like this film.
These comments from Scott make him sound like a bellend and the movie is gonna suck.
Yeah, agreed. FFS. Hoping it’s a good watch, still.
Agreed. I think at this point you just have to accept that it's a fantasy film rather than a historical drama. It's loosely based on "facts" (what Ridley Scott thinks is cool).
Why even take the project on if you’re just going to take a dump on history?
Full support to Ridley in his war against the nerds.
Sweet Square will hurt you for this.
Ok that's hilarious.
I'll never forget Riddles rant on the commentary for Prometheus.
It’s now sitting at 68% on RT with critics so I’m guessing most audiences will hate it.
If people want to see a “accurate” long middlebrow historical movie then they should wait until Oppenheimer is out on DVD. As for now it’s time for real cinema which is about oversized hats and shooting pyramids!
Ridley Scott on historians having criticisms about ‘NAPOLEON’. “When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the feck up then.’”
That is about as English as you can get.
The Duelists - excellent
Alien - legendary
Blade Runner - legendary
Legend - silly
Someone To Watch Over Me - mediocre
Black Rain - shite
Thelma & Louise - excellent
1492 - shite
White Squall - mediocre
G.I. Jane - shite
Gladiator - good (I'm not a big fan of it)
Hannibal - mediocre
Black Hawk Down - excellent
Matchstick Men - excellent
Kingdom of Heaven - mediocre
A Good Year - fecking shite
American Gangster - mediocre
Body Of Lies - mediocre
Robin Hood - fecking shite
Prometheus - shite
The Counselor - shite
Exodus Gods And Kings - shite
The Martian - excellent
Alien Covenant - shite
All the Money in the World - mediocre
The Last Duel - mediocre
House of Gucci - so fecking shite it's actually legendary
Napoleon - tbd
Gladiator 2: Glad Harder - tbd
That is about as English as you can get.
It was ridiculous but fun in its own way. It wasn't based on anything so they could just go nuts with it.
He's been average or pedestrian for a long, long time, with some serious dips in quality.
The Duelists - excellent
Alien - legendary
Blade Runner - legendary
Legend - silly
Someone To Watch Over Me - mediocre
Black Rain - shite
Thelma & Louise - excellent
1492 - shite
White Squall - mediocre
G.I. Jane - shite
Gladiator - good (I'm not a big fan of it)
Hannibal - mediocre
Black Hawk Down - excellent
Matchstick Men - excellent
Kingdom of Heaven - mediocre
A Good Year - fecking shite
American Gangster - mediocre
Body Of Lies - mediocre
Robin Hood - fecking shite
Prometheus - shite
The Counselor - shite
Exodus Gods And Kings - shite
The Martian - excellent
Alien Covenant - shite
All the Money in the World - mediocre
The Last Duel - mediocre
House of Gucci - so fecking shite it's actually legendary
Napoleon - tbd
Gladiator 2: Glad Harder - tbd
It’s now sitting at 68% on RT with critics so I’m guessing most audiences will hate it.
If people want to see a “accurate” long middlebrow historical movie then they should wait until Oppenheimer is out on DVD. As for now it’s time for real cinema which is about oversized hats and shooting pyramids!
Also, Ridley Scott is the only famous person I've ever asked for an autograph. He was gruff and kind of a dick at first when I approached him. We were working in the same building and he was trying to make some tea. He was like, what do you want? (said it like 'what the feck do you want' ). Then saw my Sharpie and archival quality paper, and suddenly he was all sweetness and light. Still have it!
Oh wow that’s a great story. I think I would have been far too nervous.
Also, Ridley Scott is the only famous person I've ever asked for an autograph. He was gruff and kind of a dick at first when I approached him. We were working in the same building and he was trying to make some tea. He was like, what do you want? Then saw my Sharpie and archival quality paper, and suddenly he was all sweetness and light. Still have it!
I agree mostly with your ranking of his latest work(Although I really like The Last Duel). The House Of Gucci is truly great for all the wrong reasons.
The Last Duel and particularly Kingdom of Heaven were definitely better than mediocre to me. The rest seems fair.
I agree with this list, but Jesus the Alien revamp was so bad, truly awful writing, acting just dire stuff. Can't believe he went ahead with some of these movies.
He made 2 of my Top 10 films. His good films are so good they should / are taught in film schools. His bad films are so shit they become lessons in how not to do things. So I guess they should teach everything he's done in film schools.
When I asked for his autograph and said it was for me, instead of I guess selling it (?), that's when he changed. Really nice guy after that! The particular film he was working on was in serious trouble (it was one of the shite ones on my list) and so I guess he needed to be reminded he was a genius filmmaker.
Not seen Last Duel, was put off by the casting. But I love Kingdom of Heaven, excellent film. I'd agree with the rest of the ranking, the majority of his films since Kingdom of Heaven have been terrible.
Thelma & Louise hasn't aged well.
I think we should hit the IMAX in full Napoleon attire. Biggest hat wins. Bonus points if you rock up with an actual cannon.
It’s now sitting at 68% on RT with critics so I’m guessing most audiences will hate it.
If people want to see a “accurate” long middlebrow historical movie then they should wait until Oppenheimer is out on DVD. As for now it’s time for real cinema which is about oversized hats and shooting pyramids!
I was pretty confident I knew what was coming and yet I was still not ready for it. His face
I don't get what her problem is, dude's a catch.
You should watch Last Duel, it's actually very good. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are great in it, if you can stop yourself from only seeing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Last Duel is all about the mullets.
I think us history geeks are going to be disappointed and will struggle to hold back the urge to argue "well ackchyually, the battle of Embabeh was 10 miles from the actual pyramids and the French line rate of fire was only 3 rounds per minute"
But hopefully we'll be satisfied with a good old action film. Minus the Josephine scenes.
Napoleon's Excellent Adventures!
It’s now sitting at 68% on RT with critics so I’m guessing most audiences will hate it.
If people want to see a “accurate” long middlebrow historical movie then they should wait until Oppenheimer is out on DVD. As for now it’s time for real cinema which is about oversized hats and shooting pyramids!
"Bodacious!"
This is funny to see. If you pick out his great movies he could be the GOAT. But his bad work really puts him down. When he has a movie out it’s not a must see until it’s reviewed. So inconsistent. Clearly talented.
Blade Runner is maybe my watched film of all time as I love having it on in the background. The ambience and the pacing of the film is perfect. A similar with Alien I pretty much watch it at least once a year. Plus the cultural impact of both
is incredible. Every sci fi movie or video game that came after was in some way influence by both.
I’m always so surprised when I hear how great directors have worries about their ability. Like making some of the greatest film ever doesn’t get rid of the stress.
Still for me the greatest on screen performance of Napoleon!
From the sound of things, it might be his inspiration!
Don't be surprised if William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan turn up in a post-credits scene, thus marking the beginning of the NCU.From the sound of things, it might be his inspiration!
Scorsese will have a heat attack.
Watched Last Duel last night.
Matt Damon really was tragically miscast. Such a shame as the film has real potential and could have been excellent with proper casting. Adam Driver for example was excellent.
Matt Damon really was tragically miscast. Such a shame as the film has real potential and could have been excellent with proper casting. Adam Driver for example was excellent.
If you give Ridley Scott and great script, he'll make a great movie. If you give Ridley Scott a shit script, he'll make a technically great movie that is also shit. And then he'll call you a bellend.
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I think Damon was fine, the problem with that film is the 3 perspective structure sounds good in theory but it really drags in the actual film, and it just killed the pace of the film completely by the time the actual duel comes around.
This film was DOA once they cast the leads. All they had to do was walk outside and take a random sampling of people on the street and they would have gotten an earful about how you don't put them in the same movie. I personally love Matt Damon, but Affleck is terrible, and together you get the sense they are maybe lighting each other's farts between takes in remembrance of their starving artist days. Maybe that's just me.
See, that's what I want in a historical movie. I want the filmmakers to know their shit well enough that they don't commit to celluloid some half-ass easily disproved (or even roundly discredited) theory. We've evolved enough as audience members to be able to handle the truth!
I think Kubrick still pips him to the post.
Somewhere in a cinema in America I hope some projectionist has the balls to splice in a Bill & Ted scene. And sad to say, those cut aways to the armies doing their thing look better than what Ridley displays in the trailer. Bill & Ted 1, Ridley 0.