The Battle of Austerlitz Scene - Napoleon (2023) Joaquin Phoenix

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[@mikeborgmann]

Napoleon’s story has so much potential to make a great movie yet for some reason we don’t have it

[@svene.3856]

We do. Napoleon (2002), with Christian Clavier, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Heino Ferch. A European co-production.

[@WilmerCook]

@@svene.3856 You are Right! I forgot about that movie!

[@Hasan-qd9uc]

Instead of Hitler

[@septimuswarrensmith879]

We do: King Vidor 8 hour epic of War and Peace

[@user-or7et4rk1q]

I love 1970 Waterloo film

[@petebarrow274]

Now that I've seen this, I start to wonder if all that stuff in "Alien" really happened the way Ridley Scott showed it.

[@6daysoflight]

LOL

[@michaelkelloway2925]

Gold!

[@MistyMountainMedia]

Ripley would never lie....

[@user-tr2mb4xs7i]

You mean to tell me Alien isnt historically accurate? I demand a refund

[@bobbyologun1517]

top comment :D

[@mefisto654]

This is an insult to the tactical masterpiece of real Austerlitz battle.

[@Fulgrim163]

👍

[@dmbmdb2860]

exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kilbil5390]

Tipki kanuni sultan suleyman’in mohac meydan muhaberesi gibi, tabi orda savas komutani ibrahim pasa imis

[@jahearme4259]

A trap is a trap no matter how fancy the cheese is!

[@dohiB]

sadly the whole movie is an insult

[@jodofe4879]

It is a pity they didn't show the pivotal moment of the battle where Napoleon called in an airstrike.

[@MrMacky-co6zn]

Warthogs

[@murkywateradminssions5219]

Friendly AC-130 callsign "specter" is entering your air space, standby for danger close fire mission

[@King_of_Railways]

There was no need, no broken arrow!!

[@Trodpint-A]

He did, It was called “Linebacker 2”.

[@user-yo5pi6il4b]

What a pathetic response

[@WebMentorCR]

For anybody who doesn't know a lot about history, just keep in mind that this scene, along with most of the movie, is quite insulting from a historical vantage point. Austerlitz was a genius execution by Napoleon based on weather, terrain, element of surprise and knowing how the enemy was going to commit their forces.

[@reapercreeper3466]

he must have read sun tzu. one with decent comprehension skills can apply his teachings to every day life, let alone war.

[@raikishuten3802]

but only if he execute it right at Waterloo then....history might have written different ...

[@richfwhact]

From my understanding, he could have ended the war there and finish off the Russian army, but he allowed them to retreat to Moscow

[@arathaemaxus5250]

@@raikishuten3802he almost did. It was very close

[@franklovscoffee]

"Send in the infantry, take their position on the higher ground!" *Infantry charges down a hill*

[@dontaycortez2397]

Bro doesn't know how hills work

[@High_rise12]

@@dontaycortez2397could you explain it then because in the film they’re clearly charging down hill into the valley which is precisely the exact opposite of what napoleon did at austerlitz

[@stevenfletcher9287]

With respect, I am by means an expert, but, nevertheless, I believe Napoleon had the high ground at Austerlitz.

[@High_rise12]

@@stevenfletcher9287 no he didn’t at the start, he purposefully gave up the high ground so as to trick the coalition into believing he was retreating

[@quantummechanic2634]

​@@stevenfletcher9287no he did not, go read up

[@generalsandnapoleon]

This movie had tremendous potential, but the script was terrible.

[@yarielamiama1120]

I totally agree with you.

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

Was it because of the recent writer's strike? 🤔

[@yarielamiama1120]

@@PauloAdriano-zo2ng Not so sure, you can check if you want.

[@sblack48]

Napoleon was a military and political genius who made an indelible mark on europe in the 19th century still felt to this day. The character in this movie was just a buffoon.

[@wwnleather]

Agree-ish. I mean the costumes, the music, the cinematography, building tension.. I mean yeah the dialogue was meh but the scenes were brutal!

[@toddreaker2298]

I think this movie actually surpasses Braveheart for historical errors.

[@Graymenn]

but braveheart was actually good

[@xavierbreath2227]

True

[@xavierbreath2227]

@@Graymenn also True.

[@Gablesman888]

Including the movie crew staff car. Remember that? Centuries before its time.

[@keepitsteel1993]

New York bartender/lieutenant in the grand army: "Hey Napoleon... let's give em hell..." *cocks 12 gauge*

[@vanslade2977]

I have been poisoned and I need to vomit immediately, so I came here... Thank you Riddley Scott you save my life.

[@sunny_muffins]

😂genius comment!

[@RayDoyouagree]

Wow I read about this battle. This scene about the ice is baffling. It really was Napoleon’s masterpiece but as portrayed by Ridley Scott it makes it seem like Napoleon’s tactics were on a par with a middle schooler’s daydream of a battle.

[@julienstephan8027]

I agree with you. The angle from which Riddley Scott tells Napoleon is..... Childish and..... Disconcerting!!!... Far from reality, in the end (in fine).....

[@HighlineGuitars]

I never knew Napoleon could bark an order and it was obeyed instantly.

[@septimuswarrensmith879]

Look at this famous early cartography of Napolean's disastrous Russian campaign: 'Charles Minard’s Flow Map of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign of 1812' The losses to his Grand Armee are beyond belief>

[@jameswhite3415]

​@septimuswarrensmith879 He has am abrudly high win % and is generally regarded as one of the greatest military geniuses of all time. Your countriee military brass probaly studied him. Losing a few battles does not mean he's bad

[@Burninator353]

Or that cannons could be aimed, fired, and reloaded as fast as modern artillery.

[@russelldsyder1344]

This fantasy lacks sharks in the water. 😂

[@henryc7548]

Needs more piranhas

[@charlesphillips1468]

With apologies to sharks...

[@user-uv6nt8xl6m]

Crocodiles)))

[@arnowillekes7979]

And tornadoes!! 😂😂😂

[@CdeHavillandMosquito]

It would not have not made less sense if Godzilla showed up.

[@johnduffy8532]

It's like they deliberately decided to save money by having no historical consultants on the film whatsoever.

[@Graymenn]

it wasnt an issue of money but an issue of agenda. Diminishing someone like him is high on the agenda list.

[@JaguarPriest]

well said@@Graymenn

[@freda7436]

because historians are so expensive, and CGI is so cheap!@@Graymenn

[@Graymenn]

@@freda7436 i doubt a historian is that expensive

[@freda7436]

was my sarcasm that un-obvious? ... @@Graymenn

[@keithhendrickson8522]

"Pay no attention to the mass of people retreating, focus all cannon fire on one single rider getting away for some reason."

[@kevinedwards7206]

that could follow the rider way beyond the actual range of the cannons.. and very rapid fire at that. 😂😂😂

[@velocitymg]

Early version of capture the flag

[@ObliviousOneGaming]

"When all you've played is Warsong Gulch, everything begins to look like a flag carrier" - Abraham Maslow

[@presscockistrash]

He didn't want him to retreat he wanted to win the war that day.

[@charlesphillips1468]

Actually that describes the final inane scene of The Day of the Siege where one guy charged hundreds of Polish Lancers and everyone fired their pistols at him, allowing the Pasha to escape.

[@marcusHabs]

At least Scott didnt show us scene where Napoleon is riding on the ice horseback with mini cannon on his both hands. ...

[@SDOne-or6vm]

😂

[@danieltemoche6189]

Fr, this scene was so unrealistically inaccurate that I get the feeling there weren't gatlin guns in the french side just cuz they ran out of budget 😑

[@sebastianvella8992]

an eye patch like TRUE GRIT

[@theChaosEnigneer1]

Wait for the Directors Cut! 😃

[@jutzisr]

Shirtless and clutching a cavalry sabre between his teeth...

[@mikeborgmann]

I usually love Joaquin’s performances, but here it feels like he is the joker character who was asked to play Napoleon

[@jamesrawlins735]

He definitely was not served by the script - but yes, it was not one of his best performances.

[@aaronadams5885]

If there are any casual watchers who don't know how this battle really went down, here's a brief synopsis so you get a sense of how truly awful this depiction is. Napoleon initially occupies the high ground of the Pratzen Heights the day before, but gives it up in order to lure the allied army into a trap. The allied army, seeing the heights abandoned, seize it. Both armies rest for the night. The next morning, there is a heavy fog that obscures much of the French army on the lower plateau, but the allies can clearly see that the French right flank is weak. They plan to move their left wing off the heights to blow through the French right flank, then turn to envelope Napoleons army. This is exactly what Napoleon wanted them to do. Marshal Davout (seen in this scene, but never named. He's the general with the glasses) arrives on the French right to secure it, holding the allied advance. The allies move troops from their centre to reinforce, which weakens their central position. At that moment, the fog lifts and Napoleon orders the main body of his army to attack the allied centre, which is quickly taken. The allied right flank is now threatened with encirclement, and their commander orders a retreat. Napoleon swings his army around to envelope the allies still fighting Davout. The allies only have one line of retreat, so they flee across a frozen pond, which napoleon blasts with cannon. Its not particularly effective, only a few allied soldiers are drowned, but it doesn't matter because Napoleon has complete victory. As you can see, this scene is about as far away from the real battle as it is possible to depict. I was half expecting napoleon to say "unleash the dragons" with how much of this scene is fantasy.

[@enniodimarcantoniod.g.8388]

Well, I thank you for Austerlitz battle description. I thought the strategy of blast the ice was a fantasy, but now I see that is true!

[@charlesphillips1468]

This is a terrible rendition of the Battle of Austerlitz, which was a fight that lasted all day, with the French giving ground slowly so that the allies thought they were winning, drawing them into a tactical trap. The icy lake part is true, but a bit overdone here. Overall, a complete misrepresentation of the battle, not even close.

[@anthonycosta8816]

more than a bit overdone - the frozen-over water being destroyed by cannon fire as the allies retreat is not only debated on whether or not it even happened, but also only resulted in scores of casualties according to known accounts.

[@Mohawkmarcje]

There were two or three Russian bodies found near a lake, the whole story of fleeing Russians drowning is a total myth.

[@NobodyQuiteLikeMe]

It's a movie. What do you want an exact reenactment? Go to one of those then.

[@charlesphillips1468]

@@NobodyQuiteLikeMe Wow, someone pissed on your ammunition bread and took your brandy ration this morning?

[@anthonycosta8816]

@@NobodyQuiteLikeMe Not even an exact reenactment, just an even basic attempt at staying authentic to the original events. Even if the details are wrong, uniforms, wrong flags or something like that, you could try at least to present something that is at its core the experience of the battle for those involved. Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz was a captivating mix of strategic genius, applied military theory, and tactical opportunity. It shaped Napoleon's reputation in Europe and lives on as his masterpiece until this day. This scene presents a mind-numbingly simple plan ("what if we hide and then surprise them") and tries to pass it off as an example of Napoleon's genius. I understand when people make a point about "we had to change some things to make it a more entertaining movie," and that logic totally applies in a lot of cases. But so many times, the real history is just as fascinating and cinematically spectacular as the crackpot fever dream mishmashes of semi-historically adjacent events that filmmakers decide to put onscreen.

[@Misguidedchild0351]

The underwater camera man is the real hero…..

[@danashane]

filmed in a tub in Culver City!

[@tomtom34b]

I am surprised that Ridley Scott didn´t depict how well Napoleon used to place his machinegun positions and his use of blitzkrieg counterattacks with tanks...

[@High_rise12]

Am I an idiot or does this scene not make any sense, napoleon orders the infantry to charge to take the high ground (which is what he did at Austerlitz) but in the film the infantry are charging down the hill into the valley. Is this one of the most incompetent scenes in file history or am I missing something?

[@Ash_Hudson]

You're not missing anything. That is indeed a stupid tactic.

[@lepaul26]

Well, since they speak english , why not this 😀

[@High_rise12]

@@lepaul26 because that’s for the audiences sake, there is no reason for them to run down the hill

[@glenrobinson916]

Great film!!!

[@seltonk5136]

I thought the US civil war a good movie film

[@kornofulgur]

Napoleons's Austerlitz whole battle plan: staring intensively and having his cannons under blankets.

[@maurice-kn4mv]

serious?

[@kornofulgur]

@@maurice-kn4mv Come on.

[@Markkiisi]

it's cold

[@Oranjisch-Braun]

they need sleep too 😂

[@kornofulgur]

@@Markkiisi Well they won't shrink

[@barondesena]

Ridley should have used Bigfoot to attack at his battle scenes because his battles are pure fantasy.

[@jamesrawlins735]

Are you telling me Gladiator ....isn't.....historically accurate?????? Say it ain't so!

[@Cobra13645]

Hard to believe they had 0 clue that water is under the ice 😂

[@dragovuksic9936]

Nothing can be deduced from these scenes of the Battle of Austerlitz. I think Ridley Scott should have used a narrator and a "cartographic view of the battlefield" from the village of Bosenitz in the north to the village of Telnitz in the south to depict the battle. The battle was not decided by any hiding under the tent, but by "Napoleon's idea" to lure the enemy into a predictable attack on the village of Pratzen and the Pratzen mountain (height). The day before the battle, Napoleon was in Pratzen, 01.12.1805. Napoleon in the evening of 01.12. withdrew the army to the Brno Olmouc road. On the Pratzen plain, he placed the reinforced Vandame division. From Pratzen to Telnitz there was only the division of General Le Grand and the Reserve Corps of Light Cavalry under General Beaumont. All the rest of the army was on the Brno-Olmouc road, the 5th Corps (Marshal Lann) defended the road near the village of Bosenitz. Due to the configuration of the battlefield, Napoleon lured the Austrians and Russians into attacking Pratzen and the Pratzen Heights, as well as the villages of Sokolnitz and Telnitz. Moving from north to south at 6 o'clock in the morning, the division of St. Hillarion Napoleon sent from the road towards Sokolnitz to "draw" the enemy to attack towards Sokolnitz. "Old and New Vineyards" remained empty in the center of the battle. General Vandamme's division "flew" into that area. With this, the Austro-Russian lines were broken. With this, Napoleon turned the battle line from north-south to east-west. For the final blow, Napoleon had the entire Guard, Bernadotte's 1st corps, the reserve cuirassier corps, the newly arrived division led by Marshal Davout towards Telnitz and Sokolnitz. The enemy remained disorientated. This ingenious idea of ​​Napoleon could be clearly presented with the help of a map and a few words of the narrator. PS The Battle Of Waterloo Scene is also superficial. I watched the movie a second time and the whole movie is in my opinion: superficial. PS Austerlitz symbolizes the peak of Napoleon as a man, statesman, soldier...Waterloo symbolizes a tired Napoleon, who doesn't even believe in himself. This should have been the main motive of the movie "Napoleon". When a man is sure of what he does, then fortune follows him. Against a tired and insecure man, all the forces turned against him The Battle of Marengo is the beginning of the success of the young Napoleon. From the victory at Marengo, Napoleon begins to be a soldier and a statesman with ambition: "The world is served to me". "Marengo" triggered an unstoppable greatness syndrome in Napoleon. He was basically just a soldier with talent. "Up to a certain point" man can control and direct historical events. There are historical points of "peak amplitude" when events begin to flow in a determined manner that we humans no longer control. This can be seen in events from the French Revolution of 1789 to Waterloo and the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In the Revolutionary events, the hustle and bustle of events, Napoleon simply slipped through the legs of Robespierre and Saint-Gist. The rest is history.

[@germancampos1498]

I agree... but I think it should be hard to show from a filmmaker to an average person, how complex and efficient Napoleon´s tactics were. Still a nice movie to see some moments in Napoleon´s life

[@dragovuksic9936]

It is difficult to make a film under such a broad title "Napoleon"@@germancampos1498

[@dragovuksic9936]

It is difficult to make a movie under such a broad title "Napoleon". One cannot avoid the political background with the figure of Napoleon, since the French Revolution...Jacobins, Brumaire, Germinal, Thermidor...Danton, Robespierre, Directory, Consulate, Empire, Code Napoléon. Love life, Napoleon the politician, Napoleon the soldier...Wars against the Coalition of European Monarchies...Napoleon's role in overthrowing feudalism in Europe...What problems did Napoleon leave Europe as a legacy? Very complicated! What did Napoleon actually have in his head as a plan? Improvisation?@@germancampos1498

[@long-distancerecon6364]

Another guy that thinks he knows it all. Do you study ALL war History. Or just Napoleon? Thats when you will be well rounded. Get outta here. Rivoli was his best. When he picked up the flag and almost charge the causeway. But his men would not follow.

[@dragovuksic9936]

@@long-distancerecon6364 More about Austerlitz! I outlined Napoleon's Plan A in case the battlefield of Austerlitz was covered in the fog that is common in December on the slopes of the Alps. Before the battle, the landscape was shrouded in morning fog for days. The fog was especially needed in the center of the battle line, on the Pratzen plain, where Napoleon placed the Vandame division so that the enemy could not see the division. Apart from Lan's 5th Corps, the rest of the army on the Brno-Olmoutz road was hidden by the forest along the road. (1st Corps, Guards and Cuirassier Corps, Marshal Murat) If the Austro-Russian Army had seen the Vandame Division and vigorously attacked Le Grand Division at Telnitz and Sokolnitz, that division on the right wing of the Grand Armee would have collapsed. But Napoleon foresaw that possibility as well. Divisions of St. Hillarion (which had been moving towards Pratzen since 6 a.m.) and Bessiere's Guards Division which was on the Brno Olmoutz road and was closest to the line from the village of Pratzen to the village of Kobelnitz. In that case, the armies would be placed in two "L"s. The Grand Armee would again have a great advantage if the French army was in the "inner part of the "two letters L" of the front line. Namely, Napoleon could manipulate the movement of units within his line from the "inner side of the front". Also, the French artillery was on that part of the front. The Austro-Russian army would not have had time to move its artillery. Marshal Davout was moving towards the battle and was arriving right on the stretch of line between Pratzen and Sokolnitz at 10 o'clock. And in this case of "plan B" Napoleon would have won the battle only with greater losses. Plan C - If something goes wrong, Napoleon could retreat by road towards Brno.🤣

[@theeditorrestrial]

when your lead actor LOOKS like he's trying to act there's a problem.

[@michaeldemarco2415]

A real sinker of a movie.

[@AWMulholland99]

Someone took the time to make it....

[@KingInBlack69]

And from the guy that gave us Gladiator and Alien...i guess his time is over.

[@lesliesheppard2503]

Waterloo 1970,is a great film.

[@panagdimi]

Yes !!!

[@PrinceChaloner]

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[@PrinceChaloner]

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[@lynnlytton8244]

The non-CGI cavalry attacks are really cool. There's this one aerial shot of the attack on the Wellington squares that nobody has ever topped.

[@lougui12]

Because of the weather, French canon didn’t work once falling on the mud at Waterloo . If not the story will not have been the same … English people don’t realise that you have been difficult to invade because you have the sea, so if you don’t have the natural element things won’t be easy . And just a reminder , the 3 lions are a Normandy symbol as Guillaume le Conquérant invade England and never leave it :)

[@michaelcruz8312]

I feel like I can directly pinpoint at the heart of this movie’s main let-down: Ridley Scott wants the magic, but he doesn’t want to earn it truthfully, he wants to have it now, without any application of thought and care. Gladiator 2 seems unnecessary, and if the follow-up western he makes (presumably an adaptation of Wraiths of the Broken Land) is made and turns out to be good, then maybe that was the change of scenery he needed to escape the “historical-epic” pigeonhole he so often falls into.

[@xXxInFaMYxXx]

The last great movie he made was Robin Hood with Russel Crowe imo but if you want more of a historical epic then the last great one he did was Kingdom of Heaven god damn that was a fantastic movie if you watch the directors cut the theatrical release cut to much out and was ass.

[@thebigone6071]

It’s like Ridley Scott is on a mission to ruin his own reputation these last few years

[@jamesrawlins735]

I did feel that he did a pretty good job with The Last Duel. I suspect that Gladiator II will wipe that good memory away for me and just make me sad.

[@Theghostdiaries]

he's been overly obsessed with battle scenes at the expense of story his whole career.

[@RussCrowley]

I loved, and still do, the 1970 Waterloo movie. And given the technological advances since, had ultra-high expectations of this movie, the potential, what could be achieved, and was SO looking forward to it. I wish I hadn't have bothered. A complete and utter let-down. You can, perhaps, forgive and forget some of the historical inaccuracies, but with something like Austerlitz, which was Napoloeon's masterpiece, you'd expect them to get a smidgeon of it right. Sadly, not. I mean, even at the Battle of Waterloo... when they announce Blucher and the Prussians have arrived. In this debacle, Wellington looks to his right. The Allies were in the North facing Napoleon to the South. The Prussians came from the East, which when you're looking South is to the left. A small thing, but when you can't even get the basics right, what hope is there for the rest of it. Total garbage.

[@marekbako7766]

there were no lakes at Austerlitz battlefield..but small ponds..

[@GetUpTheMountains]

If you listen closely you can hear the sound of the Emperor himself rolling in his grave.

[@theinvestorsperspective6142]

At 5:43 someone's bayonet isn't on properly.

[@armandrodriguez8501]

After "Kingdom of Heaven" you actually believed Ridley Scott was going to make a historically accurate film about Napoleon?

[@xXxInFaMYxXx]

Kingdom of Heaven was never meant to be historically accurate he even admitted to the fact and honestly Kingdom of Heaven directors cut is a fantastic movie.

[@bubbaray575]

Love it in the 5:19 mark when the cavalrymans Sabre flopped in the wind. Must be an OSHA sabre. You'll never hear, "you'll put your eye out."

[@eduardriabov6275]

It's a shame for the great Napoleon. The brilliant victory at Austerlitz was turned into a farce. It was a great battle! With the complete defeat of two armies. And indeed, part of the retreating drowned in the river. It's just a fight for the village.

[@frostyab7579]

One thing I can say with absolute certainty, none of the film people has ever been to Slavkov u Brna (Austerlitz). And not one has ever even tried to study up on the facts. Napoleon did not sleep in a tent on the battlefield, he stayed in a very nice house in nearby town of Znojmo. They even have a plaque on the house commemorating his stay.

[@robertledford499]

This portrayal of Napoleon ranks with "The 300".for inaccurate portrayal of history as to be almost comedic.

[@Tusk-ruk]

Thank you

[@rudy8146]

I had so much hope for this movie after watching the trailer. Twenty minutes into it, me and my wife wanted to just walk out from boredom. Some parts were interesting, yes. However, we just could not get into this one.....and I love history.

[@Masquevertdupatriotetsonopinel]

C'est hélas bien résumé, un film tellement décevant à tous les niveaux. Comment rater à ce point l'histoire extraordinaire d'un Grand homme et stratège militaire comme NAPOLÉON. En plus d'une mise en scène gâchée, Joaquin Foenix est très mauvais dans l'interprétation de l'empereur et Ridley Scott peut-être trop vieux pour une telle entreprise sur grand écran ? Triste à dire, un film qui a sombré dans les abysses comme les ennemis de la FRANCE sur le lac gelé d'Austerlitz, sa plus grande victoire stratégique, écrasante ce 2 décembre 1805. VIVE LA FRANCE 🇲🇫

[@rudy8146]

@@Masquevertdupatriotetsonopinel , I agree. This is not Ridley Scott's finest work. His involvement was one of the biggest reasons I wanted to see this in theaters.

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

I share the feeling, I saw midway with my wife, spent a good part telling her yes it happened, the hour after the details not covered by the movie, we both saw napoleon, I spent the movie saying it didn't happen, our it didn't went like this, didn't bother to explain after the details, it was disappointing,

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

​@@Masquevertdupatriotetsonopinelbut if it was about shaka zulu, you can bet they would get all the details right.

[@Masquevertdupatriotetsonopinel]

​@@rudy8146 🇨🇵 👍

[@Joe091680]

Well about the only historical thing about this is there was a battle of Austerlitz…

[@blankityblank6029]

Is this where the Time Bandits would show up?

[@xavierbreath2227]

Lol. Nice!

[@kevinedwards7206]

Kevin! 😂😂

[@mikexf1647]

😂

[@Teeveepicksures]

YES!

[@coogrfan]

To paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams: Almost, but not quite, entirely unlike the Battle of Austerlitz.

[@BMrider75]

Much of this scene was shot in the same location as the opening scene from Gladiator, and also the siege from Robin Hood. Ridley likes this bit of Hankley common in Surrey UK...

[@peepinR]

Hopefully the miniseries being developed by Steven Spielberg for HBO will be better

[@josefavomjaaga6097]

I hope it still will get done, now that this movie was unsuccessful. I fear people in Hollywood will ascribe the failure to the topic rather to the movie simply being bad.

[@jasonmartinez9051]

Apple TV+ could've made this into a series for streaming. Two seasons. Season 1 could've been the French Revolution. Season 2 could've been Napoleon.

[@xavierbreath2227]

If it is half as good as HBO’s Rome, I would watch it.

[@user-kg8ik1qq6l]

Like his last Indiana Nursing Home Jones movie

[@spyderman4206]

@user-kg8ik1qq6l the last Indiana Jones was directed by James Mangold, not Stephen Spielberg

[@mk_6]

That's now how the area around Austerlitz looks, like not even a bit

[@markbrandon7359]

Wow the French didn't lose a single soldier what a brilliant General

[@TheBlackhawk1985]

The film doesn't show the truth. On the right flank, where the retreating Russian-Austrian army was defeated by the third corps of General Davout, at that moment Napoleon was in the center, he was not in that area.

[@sgregg5257]

They color-grade these films so much that it might as well be B&W

[@jberry1982]

In these types of battles digging in and hiding your forces especially on the flanks best u can and having high ground wins the day in most instances and having a effective Calvary to mop up the stragglers

[@HKTimbo]

Sir Ridley had produced some classics in the past and judging by recent interviews he believes he’s above reproach or criticism. The fact is, is that this is an absolute turd of a movie and he will never see it for what it is. Awful.

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

7:25 ICE, IT'S A TRAP!!!

[@treykenley3499]

If only Admiral Ackbar were there to see such a thing. If he were there he would have been able to find a way to have the majority escape. Or at the very least maintain a more organized withdrawal. Guy was in a rag tag band of minor combat capable ships but was able to hold off a major enemy fleet and a massive fortification but still gave them a severe bloody nose even before the station was confirmed to be weak and about to be destroyed. Yes, I know he was fictional, and an admiral is different from a field commander. But the tactics used were still sound and just using one of SW most famous lines "IT'S A TRAP!"

[@mottopanukeiku7406]

First thing I thought as well 😂😂😂😂😂 Mind programming of 70’s/80’s kids.

[@scottlandis6398]

Literally the first thing I thought of was Admiral Akbar when that line was shouted.

[@alexwilliamson1486]

What in Ferauds musket ball laden braids was Ridley Scott thinking….

[@mikeohagan2206]

I would like to see a historically accurate movie about Napoleon.

[@judas_cobane]

Man these comments are golden 🤣😭🤣

[@DanyaYuvachev]

Nice game. Beautiful graphics. Almost realistic. Where can I find this game?

[@sean9485]

I'm surprised they didn't have Napoleon do some John wick shit

[@InfiniteZombies777]

Phoenix is like 50 something. Wasn’t Napoleon in his early 20’s?

[@Gurkenglas999]

At The start of The movie, yes. Im Not a History Buff But Hes in His late thirties or something Here.

[@BeastyBite]

napoleon died at 51 and was 26 at the battle of austerlitz

[@markoursuz450]

36 at the battle of Austerlitz

[@lepaul26]

Did the french speak english back then ? 🤔

[@artmaknev3738]

people back then looked much older

[@azouitinesaad3856]

the guy who said "God fights on the side with the best artillery" is apparently hidding his artillary until the battle is alread won for some reason.

[@Wolf88888]

I haven't seen this movie, although I have always had a deep love of military history, especially that of Napoleon and Alexander the Great. I think I will continue not seeing it.

[@jacenty112233]

Good that Napoleon is dead, otherwise he 'd die now laughing seeing this scene.

[@alanbilton2547]

It's about historically accurate as Mel Gibson's the Patriot

[@jodofe4879]

But at least the Patriot is still a good movie. And it also doesn't pretend to be historically accurate. Its main characters and their story are all fictional. History in the Patriot is just the backdrop for the fictional story. Napoleon on the other hand pretends to tell the real story of Napoleon, who is not a fictional character but a real historical person.

[@m0peds]

I'd like t go magnet fishing that lake

[@marcpadilla1094]

Scott is a fantastic storyteller. From Sci-fi to history he creates the most fantastic works Him, Spielberg, and Cameron set a standard of movie making creativity that can never be surpassed, only emulated.

[@user-wb3tq9tu8v]

unbelieveable shit

[@Andypratt197]

I'm sorry for my english, it's impossible that they were didn't feel cold without coat at winterstorm during a fight.

[@BeastyBite]

soldiers where always marching and in movement. like skiing you don't get cold that easy. they propably had more coats and fur at campsites. but this movie obviously doesn't give a damn about historical accuracy nor the accurate costume design.

[@fredlandry6170]

The Ridley Scott school of history, I have heard that this did happen on the ice but there are a great many inaccuracies in the movie like Napoleon charging with his men on horseback at Waterloo he was sick that day he was told to rest because he was not feeling well that’s when Ney launched the cavalry charge against Wellington’s infantry squares.

[@gkp76]

That ice is really thick. I feel like some of those cannon balls coming in at a shallow angle would have just skipped across the top.

[@columbmurray]

'Battle scenes' straight out of cowboys and Indians. just looove Napoleons accent.

[@jonathanfell688]

Absolutely ridiculous film. The battles were run as if they were in Roman times. Troops chaotically charging each other. Napoleon himself giving verbal orders to artillery. Bad enough to be called childish.

[@markelshout2085]

I thought Napoleon did give direct orders to the artillery. I read that in some battles he personally was helping with the artillery, actually physically pointing the guns in the right direction. He was already commander of la Grande Armée then. So I would believe that he did give direct orders to the artillery.

[@ColonelPeppers]

One would think the Austrians would know the terrain since they are fighting in their homeland. Plus, it's weird to see the Russians speaking Russian but the Austrians speaking English.

[@weneedareset]

You can't make a great movie about napoleon, because he needs a hit series to really get in-depth on who he was, the setting around him and the many battles etc...

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

That hole scene is an absolute BS, we know how the battle went, from the previous days to the first hours to the final moment, what they show here is a complete crap.

[@Wildcat221]

It’s just a movie dude chill

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@Wildcat221 it's a movie that incorrectly shows actual events

[@Fredrikschou]

It probably depicts a battle. Not Austerlitz, though

[@pbegley99]

This was a battle that took place, as far as I can recall, in the course of a full day, over a front of about eight or nine miles.

[@juliusyoung3467]

A snowstorm? From what I understand, it was foggy, and Napoleon took advantage of that to take Pratzen. An army coming out of the fog would look cool on-screen.

[@ben-si3dk]

Napoleon sounds completely American when shouting orders

[@Gablesman888]

I heard he also killed three bullies on a subway who were making fun of his laugh. But that may just be a rumor.

[@plurplursen7172]

The radio system could use a small update

[@Hardeepsingh-fx7ee]

😂😂

[@ekaf3544]

Why? You can hear it, you cant grap the signal and ist directed. It´s perfect. Except if the weather is bad :-P

[@marcomedina1063]

Larga vida al emperador Napoleón su legado e historia jamás caerán en el olvido

[@ronferia7806]

He casually says send in the calvary and in about 2 seconds they appear from nowhere

[@dudsulugulugan7639]

Film was disgracefully inaccurate.

[@h1ob355]

How do you know? This was 1805, right?!

[@micheldesjardins8813]

Non sense, nothing to do with Austerlitz. Difficult to portray such a battle in a 10 minutes clip. There is actually a good old movie about Austerlitz, and a good old one on Waterloo (1970).

[@michaelcalland801]

In fairness Austerlitz would need a 2 Hr movie of its own to portray it properly . In my opinion why not ? Why not a Napoleon series of 4 or 5 movies culminating with Waterloo ? Hollywood spits out Aquaman & all the other Marval garbage

[@johnholmesinchesahead342]

What a Joker!

[@otterlydivergent6540]

The opposing army didn't think to scout the terrain? A giant lake covered in ice, perhaps we should try and go around 🤔🤔

[@jtmartin1170]

It’s physically painful to see that, in a movie about Napoleon, made my a self-proclaimed history enthusiast, Napoleon’s greatest victory gets…10 minutes of screen time.

[@flywheel986]

Joaquin Phoenix is to Napoleon, as Caesar Romero is to the Joker.

[@gusfifo818]

He was my second favorite joker after Jack Nicholson. You give Phoenix too much credit.

[@flywheel986]

@@gusfifo818 Heath Ledger #1

[@orwoodwellson685]

Uhhh more like Jared Leto

[@dane0phelps]

Oh I don’t miss hearing “stand to!” Every morning around 7 during my 5th combat tour we’d stand to until noon. The Taliban would attack between those times every day like clockwork. They liked getting themselves deleted early in the day most days. 😂

[@laurencefox5884]

And yet they won! Funny old world....

[@mcgrudo]

How many friends of yours "got deleted" on tour or are you just a hometown gatherer of kindling?

[@dane0phelps]

Well I lost 41 of my comrades in the 56 total months I spent in Iraq and Afghanistan. I was a fighter and not a gatherer of kindling 😂 What about you? Ever been in the fight?

[@laurencefox5884]

@@dane0phelps Tour of Duty?

[@mcgrudo]

@@dane0phelps Everyday is a fight when you lose friends. Have they told you about stolen valour at school? If you're not 12, which everything you have said so far almost confirms, I'm sorry your loss has made you bitter. Confide your trauma with professionals

[@scoopidywhoop7484]

Best scene in the movie, and that’s saying a lot.

[@veekatore8983]

I always feel for the poor horses..

[@conservativemike3768]

This was a truly horrible movie. They had to try very hard to screw it up so badly.

[@60_PERCENTT]

Excellent Battle Plans:

[@maurice-kn4mv]

jokking ?

[@60_PERCENTT]

@@maurice-kn4mv No. I thought the ice was genius

[@dodgy_jammer281]

cannonballs sending ppl flying when they land crack me up, theyre not a charge, it doesnt launch you into the air

[@RodolfLeclerc]

Well, I needed a reason to finally cancel my subscription to Apple TV and Ridley just gave me one. And this is not a joke.

[@Dashnibba]

If you high off da cart this scene actually goes hard d

[@ThatsGuy-ri6ul]

What a disgracefully fictionalized, and as a result severely diminished version of the great battle of Austerlitz... Smh. Vive l'empereur! 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@slivkramer6538]

Vive l'empereur!

[@mars4964]

-3000000 great imperator

[@MrAdal206]

If it was depicted accurately we’d be here all day. It’s adapted for entertainment.

[@aaronjenkinson8556]

I didn't realize you were there

[@SDOne-or6vm]

@@aaronjenkinson8556 There is a new science called history. It allows people to know about facts that happened before they were born.

[@user-hq1hp3ux9e]

..... I think the crazy part was, napoleon managed to shift on the battlefield where the crucial part of the battle was taking place - he was able to completly displace the superior force by anticipating what they would do and win by "manouver". I would have liked this to be displayed.

[@TheKrblum]

It’s astonishing to me that armies of men this size could have moved the distances they did carrying the necessary provisions although in many cases they couldn’t which is what lead to many of there down falls. How do you transport enough ammo, cannons, cannon shot, food, weapons, water, medical and everything else necessary with horses and wagons it’s insane

[@breizhjack1422]

cette fiction est un ratage total , juste ''romancé'' a l'américaine , orienté , inintéressant et historiquement faux....adieu !

[@user-ml6vo6rl1z]

This director is British :)

[@user-zv7mx4cs3v]

He’s actually a jock, born in South Shields though, Scottish family. Explains his disdain for the English

[@steveturriff8530]

Oh my word; what guff!

[@heinrichollbers]

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