Napoleon (2023) (1 Viewer)

[David_B_K]

Looks pretty epic. As a voracious reader of this period, I can recognize many of the key events in the trailer. I do not know if the movie will make a lot of sense to a lot of people as it tries to cover so much in less than 3 hours, but I am certainly looking forward to it.

 

[YANG]

If 150 minutes is the final cut’s running time, that’s a lot to cover in that amount of time and do history justice. I still lament films not having intermissions anymore when they break the 2 1/2 hour mark. Perhaps on video there will be a longer cut...

just in case you've not noticed... there's a big name in the beginning credit of the trailer.
have anybody seen physical media release of GreyHound yet? NAPOLEON could end up in the same fate... keep rolling in streaming platforms.

 

[Keith Cobby]

The trailer looks epic.

 

[Joe Wong]

1st viewing of the trailer didn’t wow me, but on a 2nd watch, it does look pretty good.

I’ve mentioned in other threads that characters who should be speaking in a foreign tongue can take me out of more modern movies (ie. the last 20-25 years), so seeing Napoleon speaking in English was a little jarring (for me).

If all the characters in the film are French, then I can accept this as a translation. But it looks like there’ll be some English characters as well.

Ridley Scott does have a habit of doing this. I can accept The Last Duel being all in English, as pretty much every character was French, so I treated it as a translation. Will have to see how this film turns out.

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

I'm not sure it's ever a good thing when they're re-writing the script while they're shooting.

Apocalypse Now turned out OK.

 

[jayembee]

Trailer will be in front of IMAX showings of MI: Dead Reckoning.

‘Napoleon’ Trailer Coming … — World of Reel

A trailer for Ridley Scott’s much-anticipated “Napoleon” is attached to IMAX copies of ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.’

www.worldofreel.com

Yup. Saw this with MI last night. It certainly looks good, but I've been mostly disappointed in Ridley Scott of late.

 

[Alan Tully]

I'd have to disagree, I think it looks rotten, all those desaturated/blue shots, even the candlelight shots look odd to me.

Josephine - "What is your name?"

Napoleon - "Napoleon"

Josephine - "The course of my life has just changed...Napoleon"

Mind you, it's been many years since I enjoyed a Ridley Scott film.

 

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[Winston T. Boogie]

Looks like we are going to get the long cut of Napoleon on disc and perhaps for home streaming:

• Director Ridley Scott has a four-and-a-half hour long cut of the film Napoleon, providing a more in-depth focus on the character's first wife Joséphine.
• Scott is hopeful that Apple might screen the extended cut of the film in the future, allowing audiences to experience the full length and richness of the story.

You can pretty much count on Ridley to deliver an alternate cut. I'm happy. So, theatrical 2 hours 38 minutes, extended cut 4 hours and 30 minutes. As always with Ridley, he has not said this longer cut is his "director's cut" which is probably what he considers the theatrical cut.

 

[Alex...]

This might get bumped to 2024

Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Might Be Delayed to 2024 — World of Reel

A new report from Variety claims that Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” might delay its November release date to 2024.

www.worldofreel.com

 

[Tom St Jones]

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For some reason, this makes me think of this..

When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky,
You can bet that he's doing it for some doll...

("Guys and Dolls"/Frank Loesser)

 

[Wayne_j]

The studios really are making it much easier for Oppenheimer at the Oscars.

 

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[mark brown]

Still awaiting Abel Gance...

 

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[ManW_TheUncool]

Oh, so not getting bumped to next year afterall then?

_Man_