You will never see another movie like this again.

Thousands of extras, real action...on the scene film-making. No green screen, ghosts, computerized landscapes.

The battlefield scens are amazing for the 70's without CGI - that is just a glimpse.

Why is this film maligned? The acting is great. The battle scenes are some of the best in the history of cinema. It's beautifully shot...has a Kubrick feel. The action is great. You can tell the effort that went into making this in the 1970's.

It's far more real than all the CGI shite we get these days.

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Posted by Jack Ruby

Member since Apr 2014

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Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:18 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

I've never seen it, but will definetly check it out. Was this movie the reason why Kubrick's Napoleon movie fell apart? Same thing happened with Aryan Papers and Schindler's List.

Kubrick took soo long to make a movie, he got scooped on his own idea numerous times. Other films were written, produced, filmed, edited and released and Kubrick hadn't even finished his pre-production research yet....crazy

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Posted by lsunurse

Member since Dec 2005

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Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:20 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

My,my, at Waterloo Napolean did surrender

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Posted by Ham Solo

Member since Apr 2015

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Posted on 9/15/17 at 10:49 pm to lsunurse

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Was this movie the reason why Kubrick's Napoleon movie fell apart?

Yep, he was beaten to the punch and the studio folks got cold feet because Waterloo wasn't a big financial success despite being a pretty good film.

I really would love to have seen Kubrick's take on Napoleon. I have always felt that may be the greatest movie never made.

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