I am a movie fan. I like several silent movies and wanted to watch 'Napoleon' for a long time. It's great to look at and the performances are fine but it's boring, in fact it's VERY boring.
I think many will award this nine or ten stars simply because they think they have to but it has a run time of five and a half hours and boy does it feel like it. There are of course touches of brilliance but absolutely NO movie should last this long. To think that Abel Gance wanted to make another five of these is beyond belief.
The start of the movie is terrific when Napoleon is shown to be a loner and disliked at school. It promised so much but this movie really does become an absolute chore despite it's reputation.
I think many will award this nine or ten stars simply because they think they have to but it has a run time of five and a half hours and boy does it feel like it. There are of course touches of brilliance but absolutely NO movie should last this long. To think that Abel Gance wanted to make another five of these is beyond belief.
The start of the movie is terrific when Napoleon is shown to be a loner and disliked at school. It promised so much but this movie really does become an absolute chore despite it's reputation.