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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Ridley Scott’s Napoleon was way too big for just one movie, and if it had been split into two parts, it could’ve redeemed Hollywood’s most tiring recent trend. Napoleon covers Napoleon Bonaparte’s life from his humble beginnings as an ambitious young army officer in 1793 to his unceremonious death in 1821. David Scarpa’s script simply had too much ground to cover.
Napoleon Could Have Been A Great 'Part One' & 'Part Two' Movie Close With the first half of its story charting the French emperor’s rise to power and the second half chronicling his fall and eventual death, Napoleon would’ve been a great “Part One”/“Part Two” movie. The first part could’ve taken Napoleon from his ambitious beginnings up to his coronation, then the second part could’ve followed the fall of his empire.
The negative reviews of Napoleon felt that its character development lacked depth. It had to race through so many crucial historical events and major military conflicts that it had no room to dig deep into Napoleon’s psychology. The movie plays more like a Wikipedia page with all the historical bullet points and none of the humanity. It doesn’t explain why Napoleon was the way he was, or what drove him to be such an aggressive warmonger.
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