+russouk2004 6,958 Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Bored on sunday...turned on tv and Waterloo was just starting...with Christopher Plummer as " Duke of Wellington" and Rod Steiger as "Napoleon" what a great film...and no CGI lol...the cast was thousands....superb action,great cinematography.... end is as good a reason for ending war as ive ever seen I think...the total waste of life for a field in belgium.... I know napoleon was to be stopped,but still...all those dead... Great film,epic...well worth watching if you havent seen it.. Edited November 3, 2014 by russouk2004 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeanba 1,920 Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Napoleaon would have been stopped, anyway 100 days was one of the most stupid blunder in french history Edited November 3, 2014 by jeanba 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted November 3, 2014 Napoleaon would have been stopped, anyway 100 days was one of the most stupid blunder in french history And their list of Military Blunders through history, is well documented Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+whiteknight06604 934 Posted November 3, 2014 they don't make many movies like this anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted November 3, 2014 Was thinking it was an Abba video for some reason 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Nightshade/PR 7,956 Posted November 3, 2014 Was thinking it was an Abba video for some reason I KNEW someone would take that shot!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,323 Posted November 4, 2014 Was a great italian soviet movie cooperation with excellent actors from all over the world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeanba 1,920 Posted November 4, 2014 And their list of Military Blunders through history, is well documentedI am not talking of the military blunder, but about Napoleaon's decision to return to France. Even if he had won : the other Coallition army would have pressed on, southern france was not under Napoleaon's control ... And unlike what is often said, Napoleon's army was only the shadow of what it was in 1814 (let alone 1805 !). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capitaine Vengeur 263 Posted November 4, 2014 Wellington is depicted in some realistic way, in the sense that he had more than once displayed the deepest comtempt towards his own enlisted men, "the scum of England" says Plummer here, 'volunteers' pressed into service by hunger and misery. It was especially the case after the battle of Vitoria, 1813, when the plunder of the abandoned Royal Spanish luggage by the troops ordered to pursue deprived him of a more complete victory (and of wonderful spoils of war). He also distrusted his own cavalry, rightfully when seeing here his Union Brigade keeping on charging in spite of orders to its own destruction. Napoleon is treated in a very severe and partial way, totally unpleasant from the opening to the end, probably to flatter the Anglo-Saxon ego. The character of Blücher is not even sketched, but here it is rather the Soviet point of view, trying to underplay the German part of the victory. Fortunately, this also spares the audience the merciless mass slaughter of wounded and surrendering Frenchmen by which the Prussians tarnished their victory on this this battlefield. Several expressions are still used in French 200 years after this battle. "It's Waterloo!" still means a complete fiasco, "the last square" (seen in Russo's scene) still refers to the very last upholders of some idea, and "the word of Cambronne", well, needs no explaination. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,323 Posted November 4, 2014 The character of Blücher is not even sketched, but here it is rather the Soviet point of view, trying to underplay the German part of the victory. Its a movie, who cares. But i love the sentence: I wish it were night or the Prussians come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
