Napoleon Film Discussion | Cinema: A to B

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00:00 Introduction and Initial Impressions 01:19 The First Battle Sequence and Initial Disappointment 12:49 Issues with Joaquin Phoenix's Performance 15:32 Cinematography and CGI Critique 24:11 The Potential of a Napoleon Project 27:27 The Decline of Period Pieces 29:23 The Value of Discussing Disliked Movies

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Scott should have ended with the "Waterloo teeth", this is historical. After Waterloo, more than 27K tons of human/animal bones from the Napoleonic battlefields were imported through the port of Hull to be processed into fertilizer. The young soldiers had good teeth and these were used to make dentures ("Waterloo teeth"). At the time, the British were called the vampires of Europe.