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Anyone know how accurate this is?


I'm in 2 minds whether to see it or not. Definitely don't want to if it's going to be inaccurate as Napoleon is one of my heroes

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It's a Ridley Scott epic, what do you think?

Gladiator was historically completely inaccurate - but a great movie.
Kingdom of Heaven was historically completely inaccurate - but a great movie.
The Last Duel was historically completely inaccurate - but a great movie.

This one won't be a documentary either, but it sure will be worth watching.
Napoleon won't turn in his sarcophagus because of it so neither should you.

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As someone else has mentioned before Napoleon was at his prime from early 20s to around 30, he was crowned at 35. His story was about the miraculous rise of a young man. Joaquin Phoenix is 48.

From photos and trailers, even the movie poster, you can see there is no de-aging or a young Napoleon, that should tell you how accurate this is.

I think this is a movie for people knew nothing about Napoleon, other than the name, and think maybe he was European but not sure which country, and that he was very short.

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