• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    He was actually taller than average for the time, it must have been a garbage movie if they got that wrong.

    • Lightsong@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Wasn’t it because that he recruit even taller folks to be his guards. So that caused people to assume that he was short.

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        11 months ago

        Supposedly the guards roles were grenadiers and they were typically taller than average

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      1 year ago

      British propaganda is best propaganda have you seen how real Nelson is in Trafalgar!

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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately, that is true. The only facts the movie gets right, are the dates it quotes. I understand artistic leeway, but then at least make it entertaining, but the movie fails at that as well. The movie is incoherent, maddeningly inaccurate historically and, even though I really like Joaquin Phoenix as an actor, an absolutely terrible portrayal of the person Napoleon was. Phoenix portrays him as if he was mocking the character, making him into some autistic wizzkid who is socially incredibly awkward.