Scott

I know this is an historical drama... But there were so many needless inaccuracies. As someone who knows the story of Napoleon and his Empire, at times I was thinking to myself "I'm confused, this didn't happen..?".. Josephine was for the most part acted well, however there was too much of her in this film. At times it felt like we were running over the same ground again and again with her. And scenes snapped back and forth from one part of history to another.. Anyone who isn't familiar with Napoleon's life would be very confused. Napoleon himself is not charismatic, he's passed off as a horny, grumpy.. beast. Which is not who he was, he may have been that to the established order, but he was extremely charismatic, and a genius. He revolutionised warfare for the period. None of that genius is shown. Most battles have him standing there saying "Fire, Cavalry, Charge".. None of what made Napoleon great, came through in this Movie. Other points, the portrayal of the Emperors meetings with Napoleon aside from Alexander of Russia are bad. In reality they all disliked him, he was upsetting the order of Europe and had defeated and taken land from them. E.G After the battle of Austerlitz (or it's weird depiction of such in this film) Napoleon comes off as if he's being kind and merciful for giving peace to Austria. Not mentioning the fact that France ultimately humiliated Austria in the peace settlement... Same with Wellington, in this he is portrayed as a pompous general who hates and wants Napoleon dead. In reality, Wellington whilst an aristocrat was liked by his men and he ultimately respected Napoleon for his genius. The one part of this film that shines is the visuals. I don't think I've seen a film in the modern day display soldiers or environments this well in relation to a historical setting. And the viscera in some shots truly makes you feel how horrifying getting hit with a cannonball or grapeshot can be. TLDR: I didn't want perfect historical accuracy, I understand this is a drama based on Napoleons history. But some of the changes make no sense and result in worse storytelling when the reality of the story was far better. Some characters have way too much screen time and don't contribute enough to the story (Josephine). And while we see fragments of Napoleons life, this isn't Napoleon. He was a genius, charismatic and inspired loyalty in his men. This Napoleon is grumpy, seems to fall into positions of power rather than seizing them, wins battles by telling men to fire and advance rather than showing the audience his tactical genius and is apparently always horny. The one good thing I can say about this film is the visuals are fantastic. 4.5/10, rounded up to 3 stars.

Great first season. The actors do a great job, especially Cavil as Geralt. One thing I will say though is if you don't know the Witcher lore you're going to be completely lost. And even as someone who's played the 2 of the 3 games the scenes jump around a lot and end up time jumping frequently, especially between episodes with no warning or explanation. What I would say is if there was just a short 2-3 second "Cintra 1252" or "two months later in vezima" it would have helped ALOT.

Never played Classic WoW but have been playing private servers since TBC and retail since WoD. I decided to come back to see what all the fuss was about. And I've gotta be honest, I'm actually enjoying classic. It's not a smooth and refined as retail, but it's far more difficulty, you have to put effort into playing and when you complete a quest and level up it actually feels rewarding. The increased difficulty where you can die from pulling 2 mobs accidentally also encourages partying up even without the group finder. This has resulted in more interaction with other players than I have EVER had in an MMO, And because of how useful and important groups are, people tend to be nice so they are allowed to stay in the group, this is reinforced by classes normally bringing different useful tools to a party, making it more of a situation you are working through together, rather than just being along for the ride because you must. Now whilst I say all of these positive things, there are issues. The levelling is SLOW. Now this isn't entirely bad, as whilst It's taken me 4 days of playing to reach level 16. During that time I've had time to do my professions and do a fair amount of exploring. It's also given me time to appreciate the size and scale of the world when there are no mounts until level 40. Yet the slowness of the game for me at least does tend to drag after a few hours at which I find I need a break. But again I think that works to the games benefit as I don't end up playing for 8 hours non-stop and don't become burnt out. And thinking ahead I could easily see myself playing 3 hours a day making progress and enjoying myself, even with the slower progress. This is why I'd give Classic WoW an 8/10. In contract I'd give retail WoW a 6/10 as it stands with BFA 8.2.5. Primarily because this game actually feels rewarding for the effort I put in, rather than being safe on what feels like rails.