Saw Napoleon over the Thanksgiving weekend. Eh… Wasn’t a bad movie, but it wasn’t up to Ridley Scott’s usual snuff.

It’s a small complaint, but I wonder why it was so dim? Kinda reminded me of Ozark. There was a point where someone said the sun had come out and I was like, are you sure it wasn’t the moon?

Main complaint is I didn’t feel like I got much history or learned much about Napoleon. Two and a half hours is pretty long when you have to pee, but maybe it’s still not enough. Should’ve been a series maybe.

We were probably supposed to be more focused on Napoleon and Josephine’s romance, but I would’ve liked a bit more history.

I took a French history class in college and honestly, I think I got a C, but I remember a few things.

Like when Napoleon left Africa without his troops, it wasn’t because Josephine was fooling around. It was because his fleet got its ass kicked by the British. No way to get his army across the Mediterranean, so he just abandoned them.

I remember a few good tidbits about his character, like apparently he was a decent administrator when he wasn’t at war. And apparently he was good at war, until he wasn’t.

There’s a certain romance in the upstart thing, the fact that Napoleon wound up an emperor without any of this divine right bullshit. He was brave, he had ambition and he forced Europe to respect him.

At least he got to retire in the tropics instead of being imprisoned or shot. I guess that shows a certain amount of respect. Pretty hard on soldiers and horses, but I guess he earned it?

Watched Planes Trains and Automobiles that evening. Only Thanksgiving movie I can think of. I liked it a lot better.