National Geographic - Napoleon's Final Battle
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Actor: Philippe NevoBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: National Geographic Video
DVD Reviews of National Geographic - Napoleon's Final Battle
DVD Review: A great disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
As someone who was actually expecting to receive a dvd which dealt with the Battle of Waterloo,I found the content of this disk infuriatingly shallow,unsatisfying,repetitive and full of inadequate flashbacks and psychological profiles.The description of the battle was dreadfully truncated and misleading.No mention of the rain and its effect for instance.Or the failure of Bonaparte's artillery barrage.
There is not even a picture of the actual battlefield as it is today.
Quite a lot of it survives.I know.I've been there.
Be warned,if you want to know about the battle or the men involved there are plenty of books and Sergei Bondarchuk's film of'WATERLOO'.
DVD Review: review
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this a broader and more in depth story to Napoleons' rise to power after Elba. His psychological profile as a charismatic military leader who took great gambles to become a meglomanic dictator. I also enjoyed the narration and re-enactments, first class.
DVD Review: Much More than One Battle
Summary: 2 Stars
This documentary is entirely reenactments, but they are done better than what History Channel usually comes up with (sloppily). The many historians interviewed are diverse in terms of nationality and gender. I'm not quite sure why National Geographic is covering this, rather than something more scientific.
This work presents itself as discussing one last battle. However, it swings back and forth from Napoleon's exile to many times in his earlier years. It's comprehensible but people who like their history linear may be frustrated.
The work is much longer than your average high school class period, so I can't imagine this being shown to high school students. Still, history buffs may really enjoy this.
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