Napoleon directed by Ridley Scott
The movie stars some brooding guy with autism and my future ex-wife, Vanessa Kirby, as Napoleon and Josephine respectively.
Vanessa Kirby is hot. Oh, movie review...
If you're looking for historical accuracy, this isn't that movie. Timelines, battles, and events all play fast and loose with the facts, especially the timeline. That said, the movie does a great job of capturing Nappie and Jo-Jo's convoluted relationship. In one of their first meetings she spreads her legs and in so many words tells him her pussy's in charge. So, not all of the movie is fiction. Art doth imitate life, amirite?
Scott does a great job with the story, however fast and loose it plays with the facts. The casting is very good, the uniforms and costumes are amazing, and the action sequences are stunning. The end felt rushed though, as if Scott and his editors watched the Chapelle show and remembered the movie was clocking in around the 2 1/2 hour mark and they needed to wrap it up.
The brooding dude with autism was a bit too brooding and he spent most of the movie sulking around like some little goth bitch cosplaying as a Peruvian admiral. Some details shine through such as his knowledge of artillery and micromanagement of the same.
Also, Vanessa Kirby is hot. I'd let her queef out chickpeas so I could make some special hummus. Don't ask where the bread's coming from.
The movie is also a bit dark and without color which might be due to my obtained..."copy." That plus Brooding Johnny Cash's mostly wooden performance can't overcome the good things.
6.5/7 out of 10 exploding horses