From the very opening scene, I realized something was wrong. We were in late 1700s France and a bunch of people were talking and yelling in a large hall. But I was confused. All the actors were speaking in a British-accented english. Was this London?
And that was the beginning.
From the great director that gave us Blade Runner, at the end, this flick turned out to be lukewarm. Nothing memorable.
If you are into battle scenes, with attention to detail on weaponry of the time and tactics of warfare in the battlefield, with cavalry, infantrymen, artillery guns, then you would LOVE this film.
But at the end, there seems to be very little to be told about the man and the time.
By comparison, the 1970 film "Patton", directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, and written by Francis Ford Coppola, was a much better production and film, with a better outcome and feel for the story.
And that was the beginning.
From the great director that gave us Blade Runner, at the end, this flick turned out to be lukewarm. Nothing memorable.
If you are into battle scenes, with attention to detail on weaponry of the time and tactics of warfare in the battlefield, with cavalry, infantrymen, artillery guns, then you would LOVE this film.
But at the end, there seems to be very little to be told about the man and the time.
By comparison, the 1970 film "Patton", directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, and written by Francis Ford Coppola, was a much better production and film, with a better outcome and feel for the story.
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