Rose 2024

I recently watched this movie on Singapore Airlines flight. All of the three main actors managed to showcase the true spirit of athleticism and patriotism in the movie. I am particularly impressed with Yim Si Wan who went the extra mile to attain physical shape of a marathoner. He gives the story more credibility with his passionate acting too.

I found many weird things with the movie. Number 1, the princess picked up a sword to become "Xena warrior princess" meet "Rambo" within half day. Number 2, the ending where she smiled at the dragon are too clichéd and plain weird because the dragon just crushed and killed her remorseful father few days ago. However, the fairy tale story is quite cheesy and you need throw logic out the window. Number 3, I think the amount of bots asking for part 2, giving 5 stars and cheering for female empowerment are so fake and ridiculous. I found many of the bots pretending to be a real female human are quite insulting because the storyline insulted our intellectual and the acting is bad. Many men or women would not hide to let their father die to be crushed by the dragon and become best friend with the dragon. Female empowerment is not running to save yourself while your dad is crushed to death. The movie is saved by the special effects only. The plotline did not scream female empowerment and the storyline is poor. Who is the creator of the story? This is horrible. I prefer if Netflix made a live version of Spirited Away or pick better scripts. Don't waste your time watching this movie.

I researched the French Revolution for my history paper and I am a great fan of Napoleon. However, I couldn't understand Napoleon's character in this movie. 🤣 When it comes to performers who play well-known characters, Joacquin falls far short. He has a variety of options for interpreting this character as a shrewd strategist, lecherous womaniser, generous stepfather, charismatic leader, French emperor and clever tactician. However, I believed that his performance did not accurately portray Napoleon's traits. In fact, he gives me the impression that he looked so stressed to represent the character but he has no clue what he is doing.🙄 In the entire 2 hours of movie, I noticed "Joacquin the actor" is wearing the costume of a French soldier and not embodying the soul of Napoleon.😅 I begin to wonder if he even did proper research and read Napoleon memoir before taking on this role. 🫣 At least, Russell Crowe did a great job as Captain Jack in Master and Commander and Maximus in Gladiator. I am sad to compare Joacquin who did a brilliant job as a Joker but he lacked sincerity in this film. Mr. Ridley, why on earth did you choose Joacquin when he did such a poor job? 🥲I recommend future audience to skip this movie. Just a minor comparison, I personally think you are better off watching "Alexander: The Making of a God" from Netflix. Despite being an unknown actor, the actor is fantastic in this documentary and it is so inspiring that I want to visit Egypt one day to see the any Roman ruins related to him. I am hopeful that someone can portray a better Napoleon in the future and I wish Netflix can do a documentary about this famous French leader. 🙂 Netflix might do a better job.