So I was out doing my
It was to honour the 200th anniversary of the battle of Borodino (lest we forget) except that anniversary would have been 4 years ago ... ah well.
Napoleon's forces against the Russians, the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars. 250,000 troops and 70,000 causalities .... this movie/documentary was bound to be EPIC!!!!!
Like Saving Ryan's Privates I was bound to see dazed soldiers holding their own limbs or shell shocked troops in fetal positions while the grape shot exploded all around them killing their comrades with horses falling to their deaths sending the riders flying .... who doesn't like seeing horses getting killed.
Both sides were exhausted and the Russians withdrew from the field. Without a clear victory the French retreated from Moscow so the Russians claimed a victory though not really. As like Hitler the Russian winter wins their battles for them.
I settled doon with my new external DVD player as me laptop DVD died years ago from porn overdose.
Sure it was in subtitles but that was fine. What I got was something like Roman Polanski's camp slap stick vampire movie with The Three Musketeers and Robin Hood. A dodgy song turned up when the action started. Good sword fighting though not a drop of blood to be seen. The 250,000 men turned into a cast of about 30. Like the Sharpe TV show they no doubt switched hats to appear as the other side when needed as the uniforms looked strikingly all the same.
The three honourable Polish lancers with some young bloke that they decided could join them because he could fight like fuck ..... musket balls only hit our heroes when the plot needed it and one guy fought with 2 sabres because one is never enough. Can I hold my sword sideways like a gangsta?
They were all like Terence Hill, crappy actors that do tons of stunts. I wonder if these were stuntmen forced into acting as that is never good to watch. There was running across the the tops of horses and loads of nut crushing leaps onto saddles.
The battle of Borodino looked more like an unimportant skirmish with slo-mo explosions, you wouldn't have known that it was a major battle.
There was a tavern scene with
Being in a tavern also means a bar fight ... right?
The fat lancer used a leg of lamb as a weapon in between bites of it and when they fought near a wench they stopped to snog her and she was grateful because back then weemen weren't offended by inappropriate sexual behaviour and were all asking for it.
No Shorty, I don't if it's yer birthday, we are not celebrating like it's yer birthday. I shall not drink while Justin Bieber is on the ye olde juke of earl box. Put Kayne West on so I can bust some moves.
The evil bad guy double agent in the story had a midget bodyguard .... aye cos tiny people can really fight huh. I would have liked to have seen his back story evolved and see how he came to be the toady of the bad guy.
Maybe his father was an evil henchman and so to seek his approval he became one too .... ach what a sad tale, seeking yer parents approval will never make you happy and parents are just cunts that can't be pleased.
Napoleon was in the movie a little but the plot became less and less about Borodino and about stopping Naploeon from taking the Russian Queen's crown and giving it to Marie Louise, Napoleon's second wife after he divorced Josephine.
It was a very expensive crown but more importantly would not be good for morale if the French had it. Fuck the war, death and conquest, the crown is vitally important.
Which led to the famous battle of Borodino hot air balloon fight scene to rescue the hot chick and the crown.
You should always check that the villain is dead as sometimes they get killed then come back to life with a lit candle and light the fuses of the box of explosives you have in yer balloon causing you to jump from a great height into a pond.
So romantic!
As the three watch the couple snog in the pond after leaping from a balloon before it exploded they talk about their plans. Fatso has some serving wench rape in mind.
Oh you guys!
Star Wars moment. While I am surprised that movies like this are still getting made I am not surprised that Napoleon lost with men like this against him. If you want to learn about the battle of Borodino that the Russians didn't even win but think they did then don't watch this film.
A cold dejected Napoleon finds out that he only has vodka to drink as he makes his way back to France. The last scene of the movie has the lancers in pursuit of him. Damn I hope they make a sequel. Napoleon's war: 1812 .. 2, shit just got real.





































