Napoleon (Ridley Scott, 2023)

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tehthomas · #26 Post by **tehthomas** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:51 pm

Napoleon stood 5'6" and Joaquin is 5'8" -- this might be his most complex role yet!

Swift · #27 Post by **Swift** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:45 pm

More complex than that. Napoleon was actually 5'2".

#28 Post by **Finch** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:00 pm

Should have gotten Tom Cruise.

#29 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:03 pm

Swift wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:45 pm More complex than that. Napoleon was actually 5'2".

While a widespread misconception, this isn’t true, as he was 5’2 in French inches, which was about 5’6 in the inches we use today

#30 Post by **Mr Sausage** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:27 pm

Also worth noting that people were a lot smaller back then, and Napoleon was either close to or at average height for men. Napoleon wasn't as short as the bare numbers might suggest (be they 5'2'' or 5'6'').

Rayon Vert · #31 Post by **Rayon Vert** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:00 pm

This history site says Napoleon was 5'7 and the average French man at the time was less than 5'5, but the tall bodyguards he had to have made him look small by comparison. (No reference sources unfortunately.)

#32 Post by **Matt** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 4:42 am

Not exactly from an unimpeachable source, but there is reason to believe “short Napoleon” was basically a meme of English propaganda.

Black Hat · #33 Post by **Black Hat** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:32 am

This is also in Andrew Roberts' excellent biography. The Brits smearing of Napoleon is covered in great detail.

Monterey Jack · #34 Post by **Monterey Jack** » Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:13 pm

"It's the short dead dude from our history report...!"

#35 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:50 am

Tahar Rahim has joined the cast as Paul Barras

Never Cursed · #36 Post by **Never Cursed** » Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:22 am

#37 Post by **swo17** » Thu Mar 10, 2022 7:33 am

Looks like a real kitbag

Detective Arkadin · Thu Mar 10, 2022 11:53 pm

Really looking forward to this one. I feel like I'm one of the only people who enjoyed House of Gucci more than The Last Duel, but both films represent Scott's most interesting work since The Counselor. (I still need to revisit his Prometheus films and The Martian. Still not sure how I feel about those.)

Obviously, I'm not looking forward to seeing people confuse Scott's movie with the Abel Gance film. He couldn't have picked a different title?

knives · #39 Post by **knives** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:14 am

We see what happened when he did.

therewillbeblus · #40 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 3:03 am

Anyone confusing a Ridley Scott epic with a silent classic made a hundred years before needs more help than a title fix will offer

Brian C · #41 Post by **Brian C** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:13 am

That photo looks like Joaquin Phoenix dressed as Napoleon for Halloween. Granted, I'm not sure how much different I should have expected a photo of him in costume to look, but somehow it just looks ... silly.

willoneill · #42 Post by **willoneill** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:29 pm

To be fair, the set photos of Damon and Affleck in costume for Last Duel looked pretty silly too, and that turned out to be a pretty good film.

therewillbeblus · #43 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 1:56 pm

They both looked incredibly silly in motion too though

yoloswegmaster · #44 Post by **yoloswegmaster** » Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:08 pm

Theatrical release date is November 22

erok910 · #45 Post by **erok910** » Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:11 pm

First official image, as I read.

yoloswegmaster · #46 Post by **yoloswegmaster** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:18 pm

Trailer

flyonthewall2983 · Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:08 pm

eerik · #48 Post by **eerik** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:02 pm

That trailer is terrible though. Must have been made by Sony because they put the "TRAILER. STARTS. NOW." nonsense before all their actual trailers.

Harvest · #49 Post by **Harvest** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:13 pm

Phoenix seems hopelessly miscast here. Why does he look so somnolent?

beamish14 · #50 Post by **beamish14** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:38 pm

Harvest wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:13 pm Phoenix seems hopelessly miscast here. Why does he look so somnolent?

At least he’s the only person without a British accent

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