'Napoleon' is Everything Wrong with Biopics (and The Director's Cut is Awful)

Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon' is a historical distortionist mess, a defamatory assault on Napoleon and a terrible movie. The Director's Cut makes the movie worse. Timestamps 00:00 - Historical integrity matters 08:17 - Historical inaccuracy 26:02 - Defamatory portrayal of Napoleon 29:48 - A few positives 30:48 - Greatest hits format 42:42 - Characterization 52:30 - Contextualization 1:02:26 - Lacklustre battle scenes 1:10:19 - Lack of detail in battles / reliance on CGI 1:14:06 - Scott tries to depict Napoleon as a butcher 1:18:15 - The Director's Cut is Awful Join the Despot and support the channel by becoming a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDbIfQ-0nOBWtpbp81AtYA/join Historically Adequate's channel: https://youtube.com/@historicallyadequate2500?si=dzK0hKQ4Qadb91JS