But Scott has never been a particularly witty director, especially (ironically) with comedies. At times “Napoleon” goes for it, gagwise, and from beginning to end it paints the man’s ambitions and insecurities, both petty and grand, with a broad brush. I don’t know what’s French for “these are the jokes, folks,” but … actually I do, it’s “ ce sont les blagues, les amis,” but that’s irrelevant. Screenwriter David Scarpa’s nuttier lines of dialogue are all over social media already, notably a feasting Napoleon’s gluttonous declaration - “Destiny has brought me this lamb chop!” - and his petulant playground lament about his British enemies: “You think you’re so great because you have boats!” ![]() ![]() All that’s interwoven with Napoleon and Josephine’s courtship (sort of) and marriage (full of psychosexual power plays and a smidgen of kink). It’s a movie of men, horses, digital blood bursts and practical craftsmanship.
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