The Movie Addict

Napoleon is perhaps one of the last films of the year that could be my favourite film of the year. Having being at the cinema multiple times this year means I have seen the trailer for this film more times than I have seen any trailer. The story tells of Napoleon Bonaparte and his rise and inevitable fall. Joaquin Phoenix (winner of Best Actor in the 2019 Movie Addict Awards) plays Napoleon and plays Napoleon as an arrogant but at times flawed person and he never seems to get to the stage of narcissist but does comes across as opinionated. I thought that Vanessa Kirby was really good as Josephine, its a tough role to play and yet she played it as if she was Napleon's equal even though it probably was as  A lot of people have made a noise about this film lacking in historical accuracy. Here's the thing.....I dont care. If I wanted a more accurate version of Napoleon's life then there are probably 100's of documentaries on various streaming services to satisfying me. I wa...

Having being a fan of Promising Young Woman, I was keen to see what Emerald Fennell would come up with next. The story is that we follow Oliver Quick as he becomes friends with Felix and there is a world collide type plot going on. It's a case of the haves and the have nots and the have's taking pity on the have nots and trying to make themselves feel good about it. There are a couple of times in the movie that I found myself being slightly uncomfortable (which is probably the point), the first is when after Felix......enjoys himself in the bath, Oliver then decides to drink the bathwater and seems to lick the plughole which was the first time that I was worried that the film was going to go into territory which would ruin my enjoyment of this movie. The second time came when after Felix dies and is buried, Oliver strips naked and goes on top of the grave. From a visual point of view its well shot but did make me wonder if the film was going to tip over into tasteless but merci...