Napoleon

This is a serious biopic of lengthy proportions which lacks humour and entertainment, but provides some fascinating insight. There’s some interesting war scenes which are dramatically staged with all of the action, but these scenes are too short in length and there’s no sense of kinship within the troops. Instead, the focus is much upon Napoleon’s social and political life, and the love scenes show too much spooning which is surprising since it’s French. I find it amazing that a man with no religious values whatsoever is allowed by the rest of the populace to become their King, though he preferred the title of emperor. But while he’s heavy-handed in his actions, he makes no attempts to hide behind anything. He’s a man who’ not afraid not get what he want, and even in exile he still manages to get people to follow him. It must be the hat. But it’s all held back for the final battle which leaves you thirsty for more.