‘Napoleon’ Director Ridley Scott Dismisses Critics: “The French Don’t Even Like Themselves’
‘Napoleon’ Director Ridley Scott Dismisses Critics: “The French Don’t Even Like Themselves’
Ridley Scott has been typically dismissive of critics taking issue with his forthcoming movie Napoleon, particularly French ones. While his big-screen epic, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the embattle…
Ridley Scott has been typically dismissive of critics taking issue with his forthcoming movie Napoleon, particularly French ones.
While his big-screen epic, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the embattled French emperor with Vanessa Kirby as his wife Josephine, has earned the veteran director plaudits in the UK, French critics have been less gushing, with Le Figaro saying the film could have been called “Barbie and Ken under the Empire,” French GQ calling the film “deeply clumsy, unnatural and unintentionally clumsy” and Le Point magazine quoting biographer Patrice Gueniffey calling the film “very anti-French and pro-British.”
Asked by the BBC to respond, Scott replied with customary swagger:
“The French don’t even like themselves. The audience that I showed it to in Paris, they loved it.”
The film’s world premiere took place in the French capital this week.
Scott added he would say to historians questioning the accuracy of his storytelling:
“Were you there? Oh you weren’t there. Then how do you know?”
Scott added he would say to historians questioning the accuracy of his storytelling:
“Were you there? Oh you weren’t there. Then how do you know?”
Out of everything, it is this response that makes Scott look like an idiot. This is some MAGA-level history reconstruction argumentation.
Seriously what a morom
Idk if you ment mormon or moron and I love that both would fit the context
Scott added he would say to historians questioning the accuracy of his storytelling:
“Were you there? Oh you weren’t there. Then how do you know?”
What a dumb response. There's nothing wrong with tweaking history to improve a story, but claiming "It could be true. Who really knows?" is just pretentious puffery. Like the entirety of historical study around Napoleon is equivalent to Ridley Scott's made up stories. What a tool.
Scott added he would say to historians questioning the accuracy of his storytelling:
"Were you there? Oh you weren’t there. Then how do you know?”
😂 That response sounds like moron creationists when you explain evolution to them.
Not sounds like, literally is. That was the crux of Ken Ham's argument when he debated Bill Nye. I'm not sure why he doesn't apply it to his own Bible.
Big "do your own research!" energy.
Ok, but hear me out. What if: aliens?
That’s James Cameron.
This is just pure arrogance. I think everyone understands you can take artistic licence, or even completely disregard history and do pure fiction, but don't go claiming you know the history better than historians.
Scott, a veteran of big screen hits from Alien to Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, said he couldn’t resist telling the story of Napoloeon: “He’s so fascinating. Revered, hated, loved… more famous than any man or leader or politician in history. How could you not want to go there?”
I don't know about that, Ridley. More famous than Hitler? Or Julius Caesar? Genghis Kahn? The Buddha?
Le Figaro and Le Point are two trashy nationalistic and regressives papers anyway, so if they didn't like it that's a good sign.
Telerama says the film is bad too.
It’s fucking wild to make a film and then pretend to take HISTORIANS to task. Not like they know history or any thing like that… that’d be CRAZY!
Top that off with making films that counter normal intuition… I mean that’s just weird. Why would Ridley Scott make a film that counters every strength of Alien with multiple films of seemingly, equally, poor value… ?
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At least he didn't blame millennials and their cellphones again.. yet
Napoleon wasn't French though. Lol
Splitting hairs there. He is Corsican... which is French (like it or not).
There's been a real track record of blatant assholes being emprical pricks for a country NOT EVEN BEING BORN IN THEIR BORDERS
Corsica is only as French as french fries are
Eh I have found French organizations tend to take themselves too seriously and go out of their way to affect an air of superiority about... pretty much everything. In other words: fuck em.
Imagine making a movie about George Washington, but you cast a French guy and everyone in the movie has a French accent.
Ngl I'd love to see this. Especially if they got everything else accurate, it'd be kinda hilarious
There's nothing stopping anyone from doing it, do you think it'll make any money?
People all around the world make movies about foreign history using local actors and language all the time.
Well... He's not wrong. The French don't like themselves either... ^^;
oversimplified video still better
I don't even need to read the article. A great comment from a great director. Entertaining. Made me laugh heartily. Go king!
I didn't know about this production, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.
That’s really funny and I’m pretty sure the guy who made Alien has the right to be a bit of a cunt to critics if he wants
French are one of the closest cultures in the world
Asking a historian if they were there smh lol 😆 😂 🤣 🙃