"Napoleon"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien. Today, we are reviewing the newest film from director Ridley Scott, "Napoleon," starring Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, and Tahar Rahim. Based on the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, the historical epic contains large battle scenes, petulant behavior, coup d'états, marital drama, and enough Joaquin Phoenix memes to last us a lifetime. The film is an odd mixture of tones, creative ambition, and misfires. What did we ultimately think of it, though? Tune in as we discuss Scott's direction, David Scrape's screenplay, the performances from Phoenix and Kirby, the drama, the action, the comedy(?!), its awards season potential, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Destiny has brought us this podcast; to that, we say thank you and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of Napoleon.
0:05.5	General, we are discovered.
0:08.8	Good.
0:12.2	Wait.
0:15.5	Ice! It's a trap!
0:17.8	Retrieks! Ditchat Trump! Redrig! I'm not built like other men.
0:30.6	Generals gathered in their masses.
0:35.6	Move along now! Those in power only see me as a brute, unfit for higher office.
0:43.3	But I follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great and Caesar.
0:51.3	Evil minds and plot destruction... If you look down, you'll see a surprise.
0:58.2	Once you see it, you will always want it.
1:00.6	All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for Napoleon.
1:03.8	The story is as follows.
1:06.1	A look at the military commander's origins and his swift, roofless climb to emperor, viewed through the
1:13.2	prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.
1:20.2	The film is starring. Waukeen Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, and Tahar Rahim. It is directed by Ridley Scott, and it is written by David Scarpa.
1:30.8	Here to join me today for this podcast review.
1:33.7	I have Dan Baer.
1:35.7	Destiny has brought me this podcast.
1:38.6	And we also have Tom O'Brien.
1:41.3	Hi, everybody.
1:43.1	Oh, man.
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