Making Of NAPOLEON (2023) - Best Of Behind The Scenes, Set Visit, Stunts & Interviews | Apple TV+ 

Calling Napoleon a "war criminal" is intellectually disingenuous and show the overall approach of this production. The sets and the costumes are somptuous, which is really sad given how bad and messy the script is.

I loved this movie, because Joachim’s Napoleon was like Comodus in “Gladiator”, and very convincing as emperor. It was great to see him in all the most important Napoleonic battles. Josephine was outgoing like in her portrait wearing a see thru dress made of the most expensive silk in the world.

Good movie # good knowledge,, in history # napoleon

I love this movie 🔥

Actually the movie is very good. I look forward to watch the 4 hour long cut!

Ridley Scott looks great for his age.

Sir Ridley Scott ❤❤👍👍

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i saw that there is an extended version coming... 4 hours and a half

Based on 'Napoleon', I'm really looking forward to Ridley Scott's upcoming film about Churchill. It departs from the usual narrative featuring much footage about him drunkenly making love with his wife, and focusing extensively on his liking for Brandy and cigars. Boring figures such as Anthony Eden, Charles de Gaulle, Stalin, Rossevelt, Atlee and Chamberlain are glossed over or not mentioned at all, and there is a nice little (but totally made up) scene of him shooting at some Zulu artifacts with his elephant gun. Boring irrelevancies such as proposing the European Court of Human Rights or leading the only major power fighting Nazism for over a year are likewise omitted. Title role played by Russel Crowe, with Cameron Diaz co-starring as Clementine Churchill. Oh, at the end, there is a subtext stating 'Churchill did and said some racist things'. Can't wait...

I must admit Ridley's Josephine was much better than the one in the 2002 series!

What an incoherent shambles of a film…not a patch on Waterloo…just where did the 200 million go…a film focusing on just the invasion of Russia, Borodin and retreat from Moscow could have been epic

7:33: I see a lot of good things about Napoleon. A genius. A hero to his men. A brilliant and extraordinary general. Discipline and skill. Thorough. Resilient. Fighting tot he end. All things I believe in.

I was super disappointed

How can it be classed as film, when captured on a video camera? It's a video production nor a film.

Ridley Scott a gâché son film par ces incohérences historiques Quel dommage....un si grand réalisateur.

An awful, ahistorical movie. I don't care if you deviate from the historical record, but at least make it entertaining.

the battle scenes ..... are such a waste of time , they are realy bad . Every single Movie did it better . The german TV Series about Napoleon are better ....

Dissapointed about the movie. Boring and way too much about Josephine and not about “le grande armeé”.

How the hell can Ridley be so proud of this abomination..

Had all the potential and the big budget to be a classic movie but sadly Ridley Scott decided to make a movie which is more of an adventure spoof than a historical movie. It's a film funded by Apple and designed to appeal to the masses - big battle scenes for men and a love story for women - a film where if you didn't know that Napoleon's surname was Buonaparte you would probably enjoy, but for those of us who live history you will find disappointing. I rate it about a 6 out of 10

Was there not a hint of wokeness in this film? Look for it!

Save your money. The movie was terrible !!!

Epic battle scenes, comical bedroom scenes and historically inaccurate. Napoleon with a New Jersey accent?, should have cast Joe Pesci! Not impressed…

All the critics are failing to see the focus of this movie; the relationship between the French Emperor and his Josephine

This movie is an embarrassment. I have the impression that it was created only to make fun of Napoleon and cure English complexes. The only thing missing is the off-the-cuff laughter. Only the cinematography and costumes are noteworthy.

Terrible movie. Joaquin was a terrible choice for Napoleon. A mumbling, soft spoken, sex crazed idiot. Ridley blew this big time. Boring. Scrambled and disjointed. Historically incorrect to the point going clearly against the history. It was 60% about Josephine...why call it Napoleon.....that was disingenuous of Ridley. $200 million? Ridley and Joaquin should have at least watched the 1970 movie Waterloo. That movie had great acting and battle scenes. Ridley even made the battle's look lean. The horses acted great.

Too bad all the hard work these people did was for such a terrible and historically inaccurate movie. It is clear that Ridley and Phoenix did zero research before making this film, and it shows on screen. There is so much information out there on this man and this time period and none of it shows in the movie.

The horses are magnificent. We need more horses around to get us back in touch with natural power.

See, I watched this film in the cinema with my dad. I watched it for Joaquin as he is one of my favourite actors, my dad watched it for Ridley Scott as he grew up watching his films and he always tells me how great Ridley Scott is, especially with science fiction films. However, we both left very unsatisfied and disappointed. BUT, I feel like the blame shouldn't only be on Ridley Scott. There's also David Scarpa who wrote the script, Claire Simpson and Sam Restivo who edited the film etc, and sure Joaquin played Napoleon and the focus was more on Vanessa's Josephine than Napoleon himself, but still, if you wanna blame someone then blame all of them and not just one person. But acting wise (and coming from someone who is aspiring in both acting and filmmaking), I personally believe Joaquin and Vanessa did a wonderful job with what they were working with (if the whole Ridley Scott not telling his actors the vision for their roles he had and just letting them do whatever is true), and of course so did the rest of the cast members (and please, I would LOVE to see more of Édouard Philipponnat, he was so charming and charismatic it really made me root for Alexander I at some point during the film! 😂😊🩷

I have been fascinated by Napoleon since I was a teenager. I was very disappointed the the huge inaccuracies of the movie I know it concentrated on Jospehine But to go from the retreat from Moscow to Elba was stupid They spent 7 days on Waterloo and its nothing like the real battle. Nor was Austerlitz!

Ce film est une grosse blague, c'est une honte

There is a current movie appropriately named “Priscilla” which is about Elvis’ wife and not about him. This helps set the expectations for the audience.

Josephine had no permission to be who she was? Most Emperors or his underlings would have her killed on her own merits. This movie is super weird.

Best Napoleon is from 2002 with Christian Clavier

"How can a man who is on his way to take Moscow be obsessed with what his wife is doing back in Paris." He summarizes well here why this film has very little to do with Napoleon and why he is portraying a man who presents a fantasy figure of him or the screenwriter. "Beautiful pictures" is one thing, telling a real story is something else. Mr. Scott has failed magnificently here. I came out of the movie theater completely disillusioned, I really didn't expect that.

For those who knows a little about Napoleon and the Napoleonic wars this is a very very bad movie. It should be named Josephine and Napoleon or something like that.

I thought trench warfare was weird for the time period

Hats made from this boots made from that … lol vegan eccentrics !! Id bet money napoleon here had childhood pets he sat on the couch stroking their fur … an extensive history of close bonds with fluffy and cute . Vampire rule number one … you never make friends with your food. Thats why cows wear serial numbers before slaughter instead of name tags . Just out of curiosity i wonder what Napoleon thought of the vege burger at McDonald’s. I thought of him believe it or not and purchased two . Banged both back and gauged the wind on their success? Did napoleon try the burger i wonder? Expensive being critical of meat . For the greater population anyway. However every community has their advocates . The vegetarian community has napoleon here . I respect his devotion but ignore the example!

I have never been more disappointed by a movie in my life!

3:59 "[...] Joaquin you see all these soldiers Joaquin these fields"

Great costumes, boring movie.

Apple TV, you did a terrible job on creating a movie.

"Apart from being an incredible strategist..." We literally never saw any of his prowess for battlefield strategy or acumen..

It sucked!! Left the Theater Nebraska, Omaha

Jesus the women always gotta ruin the movie boys

Will there be a 4 hour director cut?????and when ?????‼️🙏🙏

It was the movie that should have been blown away. Total waste of money and time. An insult to history and the great people of their time who lived it. Scott is an egotistical faker. He should stick to sci-fi. We are very sorry Napy.

This movie sucks. Watch the movie "Waterloo" from the 1970's. Much better.

This was such a crap and Hollywood ignores actual history movie. Trust me, do not go and see this junk.

Le film "Napoléon" réalisé par Ridley Scott est présenté comme une vision subjective de l'histoire de Napoléon, mais il est difficile de ne pas ressentir une certaine partialité dans cette représentation. Malheureusement, le film semble mettre l'accent sur les aspects négatifs de la personnalité de Napoléon, plutôt que de présenter une image équilibrée et nuancée du personnage historique. Dès le début du film, il est évident que Ridley Scott a choisi de montrer Napoléon sous un jour négatif. Loin de refléter la grandeur et l'intelligence stratégique de l'empereur, le film le présente comme un individu sombre et sans culture. Cette représentation réductrice ne fait pas justice à la réalité historique de Napoléon. De plus, la scène de la bataille d'Austerlitz est particulièrement décevante. Au lieu de montrer l'ingéniosité tactique de Napoléon et le génie militaire dont il a fait preuve lors de cette bataille, le film réduit la victoire à une simple ambuscade sur un lac gelé. Cette représentation est non seulement simpliste, mais également inexacte par rapport aux événements historiques. Une autre scène particulièrement problématique est celle où Napoléon tire au canon sur les pyramides en Égypte. Cette représentation est totalement déconnectée de la réalité historique. En effet, Napoléon avait emmené avec lui des centaines de scientifiques et d'érudits pour étudier l'Égypte, ce qui témoigne de son intérêt et de sa volonté de préserver la culture et l'histoire de cette région. Il est vrai que Ridley Scott a déjà réalisé de nombreux films de qualité par le passé, mais dans le cas de "Napoléon", il semble être guidé par une jalousie viscérale envers l'histoire de France et la figure emblématique de Napoléon. Cette vision biaisée a pour conséquence de réduire l'homme le plus connu du monde après Jésus-Christ à un simple gangster usurpateur de la couronne d'empereur. En conclusion, le film "Napoléon" réalisé par Ridley Scott souffre de sa partialité et de sa vision déformée de l'histoire. Il ne parvient pas à rendre justice à la grandeur et à la complexité de Napoléon Bonaparte en tant que personnage historique. Il vaut mieux se tourner vers d'autres sources pour obtenir une représentation plus équilibrée de cette figure emblématique de l'histoire.

“War criminal” yeah thats whats wrong with the movie, they had no ide who Napoleon really was.

Very little interest can be had from the making of this movie, when at the end of the day it was nothing short of a disaster. on all levels.

The Prussians were at Waterloo, Allied with the British. Agenist the French.

More battles less Josephine would have made this film great. Didnt even show Napoleons first campaign into Italy which was essential to his turning into the Napoleon we know today. Egypt was barely even shown. Just a completely missed opportunity.

Why are the cannons recoiling in that strange way? Maybe they're pulling them back from the trail at the moment of firing, since using actual loads would be too dangerous.

yous guys need to screw up even the history, do it with the future isn't enough?

Seems like it’s just not a movie about Napoleon Bonaparte

Bad bad movie, a lost of time in the cinema.

I saw this amazing movie in New Zealand

What an utter mess of a film.

Only good thing in the movie is Vanessa Kirby. If I were apple I would ask for my money back or put a complete halt to this movie. Total disaster so far from fact it’s a joke. The question is why deviate so brutally from historical facts. The battle scenes are good but again lacking in facts . The encounter with Wellington on a ship with Napoleon is what exactly? Why would Napoleon charge recklessly with the cavalry? Nether happened. And the self crowning scene had Phoenix barely audible.

I couldn't watch this movie due to how many people got shot and died during its filming. Wait, you had several thousand people with guns running around in a movie and not one person got shot with something that WASN"T a blank? really? oh.. that's right Alec Baldwin wasn't in this movie. Well that's a pitty hire a satanist next time and hel'll make your battle scenes even more real. So long as the fault is blamed on the air.. yea, gotta stay consistant

No Armouire Plastique song??

The specter of an intellectual laziness is haunting Hollywood. An inability to read, write and form cohesive ideas before putting them in screen.

This movie is a mistake.

waterloo 1970 is an accurate display of waterloo, not what they did here, 300 horses for that kind of battle is simply to less.

They shouldn't of bothered.

How more vivid and beautiful this film would have looked without the grey filter in post production!

Ridley Scott the history slayer

Then you must be onebof those pseudo internet tik tok historians either that you know nothing about the napoleonic wars

there are SO many annoying people in this feature. wish i'd never watched it.

Ah yes, a behind the scenes look of one of the worst movies to come out this year.

the movie was such a piece of shit the directors cut is even worst

Unfocused, random, zero buildup.......

A bit tragic scenes of the British Army Troops! Losing their lives in battle like back then in the early 19th Century. Napoleonic Wars Times.

No one will remember this film next month.

very poor film

so everything is perfect?! great director

Awful screenplay and dialogues

Alien Prometheus 3? Cmmon Ridley! Do it just one more Time!!! Don't let your Legacy rot like others...Terminator etc. Greez from Germany

It's a Ridley Scott movie, just like Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven. The more they tried to make it into a Biopic, the more it was going to fail

The script wasn’t even close to what the set designer and extras deserved. How can you display the battle of austerliz this inaccurate. Just stick to history itself and you got the best blockbuster ever.

the gayist of the gayfish :-)

Award.

I liked it but expected more. Ridley scott opens with the fact napoleon was a tactical genius and a political genius but in the movie we se so little of it. His was a charismatic guy and i don't have that feeling in the movie. I hope we se a more flashed out version in the directers cut.

I have heard of that The Whole of Europe was in Deadly Fear with Bony! Their So Scared of him!

Vegan boots? Really?

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Ridley Scott all movies bast director

Do you want detailed information about Napoleon? Go study for the library! I like the movie

La voy a ver igual, por Joaquín Phoenix

But visual beauty is awesome

Coming from Napoleonic reenactment- I see the pics and know- I won't go to the movie but will go to the next reenactment

🇧🇷 🇧🇷 Muito bom filme 👍🏻...🎦 🍿

I am French and this is my opinion: The impeccable casting. Joaquin Phoenix is accused of being too hieratic but the role wants that in my opinion. Vanessa Kirby does really well in the role of Joséphine. In short, a piece of French History shot like a blockbuster, but the whole thing is pleasant and easy to watch.

Absolute Trash of a Movie Shouldn't be called Napoleon a Shame to the Joker Phoenix and Shame to The Aged Director Rick Rolled Kidney Scott. Who must have been absent from this 200 Million Dollar budget movie. Absolute Trash 0.... Very Dissapointed. The only thing this movie did right is to Re Ignite My love for Napoleonic times and Linear style warfare like Men with Honor. The women i don't want to mention her. I pity her. As i pity this movie. Discracefull. Total Disgrace. I am a Total War and History fanatic. I have invested so much time into educating myself and you splashed 5 second pictures movie into scenes into and totally broken order. Completely confusing me and waisting 2 hours and 30 Minutes of my time and 45 Dollars of Cinema expences including 2 beers Nachos and Popcorns. I went prepared into this movie. I stayed last and i cried.

Good. We want more, could be in the next cut director.

A wasted opportunity of such a historic time. But these mad times not surprised

the film should be call NAPOLEA. Very poor movie centred on love