NAPOLEON - History Fan Official Trailer Reaction!

[@VideoLife146]

So what are you most excited for in this film?

[@marlonbryanmunoznunez3179]

I want to see state of the art modern reenactments of the battles at the correct scale, especially Austerlitz, Jena and Waterloo. I don't think we have ever seen that actually in Cinema since to do it budget is always a problem. Then I want Joaquin Phoenix channelling the hell of Napoleon spirit during 3 or 4 hours, that's going to be an absolute treat. Personally I don't think one movie is enough to show Bonaparte's life story, you'll need a whole prestige tv series.

[@VideoLife146]

@@marlonbryanmunoznunez3179 I totally agree. But it looks like Spielberg is doing a SEVEN part mini series on Napoleon as well: deadline.com/2023/02/steven-spielberg-stanley-kubricks-napoleon-7-part-series-hbo-1235266372/

[@frankgesuele6298]

I would like 2C the name he was born,B4 he changed it, with shown. Napoleone Buonaparte

[@sabrewolf89]

Really hoping they show Leipzig

[@nicolasviard2252]

@@sabrewolf89 I doubt it. Maybe the campaign of France. Anyway its impossible to tell the story in only 2hrs30.

[@davidcabreonmunoz6258]

"The ideas that underpin our modern world-meritocracy, equality before the law, property rights, religious toleration, modern secular education, sound finances, and so on-were championed, consolidated, codified and geographically extended by Napoleon. To them he added a rational and efficient local administration, an end to rural banditry, the encouragement of science and the arts, the abolition of feudalism and the greatest codification of laws since the fall of the Roman Empire. " -Andrew Roberts, British historian.

[@CMY187]

"I did not want to expand France's borders, but her ideals. Her love of liberty. Her audacity, her youth. That is what I wanted to spread throughout Europe." - Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Helvetic Confederation

[@jessiemeisenheimer8675]

This is not a unanimous view held by historians and many have crticised it. I'm not saying it's false or true but don't present the statement of a single expert as fact when there is no consensus. Many British historians have also compared Napoleon to Hitler. What makes their word worth less?

[@jean-charlesblanc8454]

I cannot agree, this is sheer propaganda, not mentioning that he created a police state, kidnapped and executed his enemies, butchered POWS (of Jaffa fame) expanded French borders like a cancer, look at the map of 1812, re winding the gains of the Revolution, re introducing slavery and so on.

[@CMY187]

@@jessiemeisenheimer8675The comparisons between the two leaders is in my opinion an unfair one, and in recent years more historians have come around to acknowledging Napoleon’s positive impacts that he has made on both Europe and the rest of the world. In my opinion, yes, Napoleon did more good than harm. He is known to this day as ‘The Father of Modern Europe’. Also, in terms of being a dictator, Napoleon was weird. Napoleon: (reforms currency, improves education and infrastructure, introduces central banking, reduces corruption, creates a civil code) Me: “Wait, that’s not what dictators are supposed to do.” Napoleon: (takes away women’s rights) Me: “Ah, that’s more like it.”

[@Namenlos-fo1ek]

@@CMY187 Yes he had the absolute powers of a dictator and did some things wrong. But we have today the wrong picture of a dictator. Absolute power doesn’t necessary mean that you use that power in a bad way. The Roman originally made dictators in bad times when you needed quick decisions

[@PhilHug1]

Seems like this movie is going all the way from Toulon to Waterloo. Not sure how they're going to fit all of that in one movie. Would've been cool to make it a trilogy but I'm excited 😅

[@rinzzler366]

Its a ridley scott movie, so its bound to be close to 3 hours long, lol. not the standard 90-110 minutes.

[@Chris_Harrow]

@@rinzzler366 2 hr 37 minutes I think

[@michaeljmobley]

I hope it's at least 3 hours long.

[@enzonicolas7501]

Apparently this movie is going to cover his life . Some of us distinguish scenes from differents battles such as Toulon (Napoleon with long hair), the Egyptian expedition, Austerlitz and the Battle of Waterloo with the french cavary attaking British infantry squares.

[@VideoLife146]

Ah of course! I re-watched the trailer and even though I saw the hollow square I totally missed the British flag

[@RussianEagles]

By the way, if you haven't seen it yet but want to see the real scale of the war in this period I strongly suggest the movie Waterloo 1970. And when I say scale, I mean scale. Something like 17,000 Soviet soldiers took part in the extras. To me, the best Napoleon movie yet.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

Waterloo was easily winable but for a few mistakes and some bad luck.

[@RussianEagles]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Lol, by bad luck do you mean Blucher's arrival?

[@hynekkral5898]

I think that the thing with ice, in Battle of Austerlitz, is just a legend that actually did not happen. And it seems like they are charging againts someone, but at this point, they were just running from the battlefield.

[@bekhele]

the trailer has sections of waterloo and russia, but that could be memories, im sure the main focus will be on his rise and what drove him, (depth relationship with josepine) tagline in the trailer is also just about his rise, not a word mentioned about his downfall

[@youngdez8314]

would love for them to make it a tv series like game of thrones

[@peepinR]

Actually Steven Spielberg is developing a Napoleon miniseries for HBO

[@youngdez8314]

@@peepinR I hope they focus on political back drop of that era along with the battles. that's what made gladiator and game of thrones great

[@codym6325]

I hope they at least make it into two films! I think Joaquin could really shine during the imprisonment, return and eventual ending.

[@Antares-vj7su]

no chance it was a miracle to have a budget for one movie, you have to thanks Ridley Scott that fought for this movie.. Hollywood abandoned epic historical many tears ago because they always flop and the audience is never happy (they pretend historical accuracy when clearly in a movie is not possible and not worth it)

[@davidromero2704]

​@Antares-vj7su i remember when ridley scott blamed the then new generation who are stuck on their phones for the failure of historic/period movies. I want to say it was during the early 2010s but not sure. He got a lot flack from it. But being older, i agree with him. I didnt appreciate movies like these in my 20s and below but now i see how good they are. Unless im thinking of another director.

[@a.s.944]

Napoleon so smart and so dope movie 👌

[@safedreams6241]

3:22 The egyptian campaign did not happen in front of the pyramids but near it and he never fired a cannon at a pyramid 🤭

[@safedreams6241]

1:14 This moment is during the end of the revolution when France is in great disorder, especially in Paris. The young napoleon is asked to restore order. He does this by firing cannons into the crowd. it shows the determined character of the young. It is not the siege of Toulon.

[@La_Cheveche_dAthena_ASMR]

So excited to see the movie. It has been so long since we haven't had a movie on Nappleon ! Important correction tho, the Egyptian campaign was, at the end, a failure BUT it is because the odds were stacked against him and despite that he won some of his greatest victories in terms of casualty ratio with the enemy. He humiliated the Ottoman forces several times, winning crushing victories against numerically superior enemy, losing several times less troops and if I'm not mistaken at one battle he lost like 1 guy against thousands of Ottomans despite the odds.

[@cillblinton6442]

In Austerlitz they were already retreating when the fench shot at the Ice. Nobody atacked across a frozen river.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

The entire career of Napoleon would take a very long movie.

[@gandigooglegandigoogle7202]

Napoleon is by far my favorite historical figure! what impatience!!! hurry hurry...may the days pass!!

[@taivo55]

Since Napoleon did not face British squares in battle (as far as I recall) until Waterloo, this film probably encompasses his whole career. But when I saw him firing the grapeshot into the Paris crowd I shouted "Yes!" to my computer. Too many films about the Emperor are little more than precursors to Waterloo, which is about like making a film about Lincoln that begins with his decision to attend a play at Ford's Theater

[@andyfaltz2937]

The scene with the square and the cavalry rides around is the battle of waterloo…the second before napoleon wears his grey coat that he has worn at the battle of warerloo…and wellington is also talking in the trailer

[@marcblur9055]

There's another good Ridley Scott film (1977) on the Napoleonic era called The Duellists, with Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel. It doesn't have a lot of huge battle scenes because Scott couldn't get the funding at the time to do epic war. Looks like he has the funding, now.

[@doudouard1132]

I recommend the film "Monsieur N." by Antoine de Caunes (2003), for those who are interested to see the last days of Napoleon in St. Helena. It is a masterful depiction of his relationship with the Brits, and has some fictitious elements too.

[@arnoldoalvarado8250]

Cant wait for this!!

[@provencallegaulois9162]

i'm french and from toulon, i'm kind of scared... it looks good so far but i'm pretty sure the movie will be not historicly accurate...to short to be accurate anyway, but maybe i'm wrong...VIVE L'EMPEREUR!!!

[@p1ls726]

I said YEARS ago that I'd love to see Phoenix as Joker and Napoleon. I can't even believe it actually happened. Between him and Scott, this should at the very least be a respectable movie. I also heard Spielberg is doing an HBO series about Napoleon too. About time he gets some more coverage. One of the greatest military minds of all time, but also deeply deeply involved in political reforms, many of which still exist today.

[@VideoLife146]

I think it would be really cool to see a film about just the politics and reforms of Napoleon. Craft a narrative around him forming his policies and how they were formed. Focus not around the wars, but the laws that we still have today. (PS, I hope Landeskog returns this season)

[@kingwacky184]

I believe they will focus on pretty much all of it by the looks of it because we see the square formations by the British against the French cavalry and that was at Waterloo.

[@phoenixrising8231]

Waterloo was depicted with the square formation of troops the English used.

[@jessiemeisenheimer8675]

It doesn't have to be historically accurate completely, just historically immersive. The Patriot. Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, all great historical films that are immersive but not that accurate. Get the feeling of the era right and don't make unnecessary changes.

[@amjid300]

November 22nd is the release date in the US

[@TheBulletOfCreasy]

Can't wait for the "Napoleon" film, thx for link to Epic History TV didn't know the channel even with it's big amount of subs, looks like a great source of history youtube channel

[@VideoLife146]

I've said it many times and I'll say it again. Epic History TV is the best channel on KZbin.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

mass licensing of cutscenes from this movie coming to channels like Epic History TV all the Historical channels that did mini-series on Napoleon in the last few years gonna get a million views on the movie release LOL

[@PeteinFlorida]

Damn the movie must be 4 hours long. They’re covering a lot of material. This could of been a 8-20 hour mini series

[@MattSinz]

What I'm more excited about than the film itself is the 4+ hour directors cut that we know will follow.

[@OliverMatibag-df1wq]

Still not in the theater .what else can be Inserted

[@sabrewolf89]

They showed early victories, Austerlitz, Moscow burning, and Waterloo, which are the ones you usually hear about , but I really really hope they show Leipzig.

[@russelldutton8117]

I think the film will definately go up to Waterloo. The British squares being attacked by cuirassiers could indicate this. Although, I'm not sure Napoleon ever personnaly lead cavalry charges against British lines.

[@inigomontoya6968]

It looks amazing!

[@cmmorales777]

I would like to see a biopic on Talleyrand.

[@hypnoz7871]

A little clarification: you never call Napoleon "French Emperor" but "Emperor of the Frenchs". This is a very important distinction for many historical reasons linked to the Revolution ideas.

[@sweetascandy692002]

I'm finally happy to see the finale moments of Marie Antoinette. Other movies of her life from what I watch doesn't show final days of her life.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

Hey ! Well, the final moments of Marie-Antoinette were a bit different : her head was covered and she did not have long hair, because they were cut in the jail just before she went out ; she did not have to walk across the crowd ; she had to endure insults but nothing was thrown to her. And she was executed in the very large Place de la Concorde, not in a courtyard.

[@sweetascandy692002]

@heliedecastanet1882 it's over dramatic let me enjoy it

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@sweetascandy692002 I did not mean not to let you enjoy anything 🙂 Either what you see in the movie or what really happened is terrible and dramatic. But as I saw you were interested on Marie-Antoinette's life and death, I just came to give you some informations. That was really all 😉 If ever you have the chance to get it, there is an old movie in which you can see the moment of Marie-Antoinette's death : "La Révolution Française" by Robert Enrico. Not sure you can easily find it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip66lmBvp6eMmKs&ab_channel=DarknessatNoon Have a look : it is very moving. Have a good day !

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@sweetascandy692002 I hope you enjoyed the video.

[@machinegod3000]

Not clear what music will be in it - fingers crossed for Hans Zimmer ....like Gladiator!!

[@kerry8977]

it's a very complicated role to play... but I'm totally a fan of ridley scott 😀

[@harveyjane321]

Ridley Scott & Joaquin Phoenix 2023 ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@toochangz]

Film is clearly going to be about napoleon and Josephine relationship

[@rafaelsoltren237]

Fun fact Joaquin phoenix was born in San Juan Puerto Rico.

[@kriskopx9542]

Vive l'empereur !!!

[@margote7965]

I really dislike the way Ridley distorts history to match up to his fiction. Everyone had their hair cut before getting in the tumbril. There is a sketch of Marie Antoinette in the tumbril sat down with her hands tied. She was totally broken. The scene here is wrong. I wonder what else will be wrong.

[@RussianEagles]

I guess it will be in the spirit of Gladiator. A cool action movie, but lame historically. Although I don't care about that, we don't learn history from movies).

[@anthonycampos8057]

Joaquin Phoenix baby

[@harveyjane432]

❤🎉😊❤

[@hardiyantohalim1712]

Its not the austrians that crossed the lakes it was the russians and the austrians

[@ronsmac]

I know it’s a movie but Phoenix looks really old to be playing the young Napoleon. I’m nitpicking I guess.

[@labellaescrima1996]

I agree, he looks like an old man when we know Emperor Napoleon had all his victories at a young age. He became a General at the age of 24 years old.

[@tiffanyl9827]

Oui .... encore un anglo-saxon qui fai un film sur une histoire qui n'est pas la sienne avec que des acteur eux-même anglo saxon .... I rember Jean Luc Godard, French Director once said. "Americans have no history that why they stole and adapt the one from other".

[@MrAlkylation]

Napoléon was 50 years old all his life according to this movie 😅😅. He was born like that also? lol But anyway battles look good

[@VideoLife146]

Meh, I'd rather suspend my disbelief and have Joaquin Phoenix play Napoleon throughout the whole film than have him either digitally de-aged, or played by a different actor. But that's just me

[@MrAlkylation]

@@VideoLife146 Yes sure but it's probably not an historical movie but maybe more something like Gladiator. Something entertaining based on history. Because they show almost 25 years of history in the trailer and he was supposed to be 19 years old in 1789.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@MrAlkylation I do appreciate Ridley Scott (his last film "The Last Duel" also takes place in France in the XIV° century and it was a really great movie, underestimated) as I do like Phoenix. But in my opinion (maybe not far from yours), I think Scott missed a really amazing and important point : that a very, very young man achieved to be the head of a country at 29 years old. People should try to picture this. To imagine, say, Timothée Chalamet or Tom Holland (whoever) playing the part (they are both 27). And when you picture this, the story seems even more incredible, I think 🙂 Especially the encounter between this young man of 26 years old and Joséphine who was 32.

[@killingjoke535]

I don't like the trailers music

[@Abassi2A]

You talk about the failure of Napoleon in Egypt, historically it is false more than 20 times to crush the Momlouk and the Ottomans in ABoukir Napoleon's arteries were the best in the world at this level that Napeloen asks it is not worth it to attack you will die.

[@DS9Sisko]

Oh stop pausing the trailer to discuss it instead of watching, reacting and THEN discussing and dissecting it. SMFH

[@julianalcaraz4342]

Napoleón Bonaparte, uno de los 3 cesar imperator de la historia de la humanidad