CinnamonGirl wrote: I have never seen Dr. Strangelove, Patton or ON the Waterfront. I just saw Butch Cassidy for the first time a couple years ago. I am embarrassed to admit. I still have never seen Casablanca either.
That's it! Next time I'm over at your house, I'm making you watch Casablanca! And Top Hat, Singing In The Rain, Maltese Falcon, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke, The Misfits, Rear Window, and, last but not least, Citizen Kane (followed directly by RKO281). We gotta ed-u-mah-cate you!
Gone With the Wind made me wanna puke.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Patton was a terrific movie. I'll watch it anytime (along with The Great Escape). One of the best war movies ever. Like most any movie biography, the producers take "artistic license". Yeah, the opening scene combined many of his speeches into one, but how's that different from any other biographic movie (where even characters in the movie can be composites of several real people)? And fabricated as the intro was, it was a terrific beginning to the movie which grabbed your attention. I'll also bet Patton is much more accurate than The Great Escape which was more of an entertainment movie, though losely based on a real event. Anybody not like The Great Escape?
Dr Strangelove was a great movie too! It's not really a war movie since it isn't based much on history, but was more of a black comedy based on a satire of possible future events (from the time). Shortly after Dr Strangelove the movie Fail-Safe came out (after some legal battles), and Fail-Safe carried a similar message but took a much more somber and realistic tone. It was a good movie but less successful at the box office.
Anyone can have an opinion of a movie. But IMO some of those attacking Patton do so more for political reasons. Hey, it was Richard Nixon's favorite movie. And some will base their opinion of the movie based on just that alone.
Patton was a great movie..Its in my top 10 war movies..Battle Ground, Band of Brothers, Gettysburg, Longest Day, Saving Private Ryan, On a Midnights clear, The Bridge over the River Kwai, Stalig 17, They died with their boots on.
That guy was a megalomaniac. He deserved to be relieved of command, as he was, for a time. He got in trouble for his treatment of the guy with combat fatigue. He sent his tanks to liberate a POW camp where his son-in-law was held captive.
I have no respect for that guy. So, I won't comment on the movie, since I have refused to watch it.
outdoor338 wrote: Patton was a great movie..Its in my top 10 war movies..Battle Ground, Band of Brothers, Gettysburg, Longest Day, Saving Private Ryan, On a Midnights clear, The Bridge over the River Kwai, Stalig 17, They died with their boots on.
Though I haven't seen three of those, I second the rest!
Ok, you are true to form and have at least one Duke movie there (Longest Day). What, no Green Berets? lol
That guy was a megalomaniac. He deserved to be relieved of command, as he was, for a time. He got in trouble for his treatment of the guy with combat fatigue. He sent his tanks to liberate a POW camp where his son-in-law was held captive.
I have no respect for that guy. So, I won't comment on the movie, since I have refused to watch it.
The combat fatigue incident is covered in the movie (don't recall liberating the POW camp, though). Hopefully we agree you can still make a great movie about a less than perfect person. If you like war movies at all, Patton should be on your to-view list, IMO.
Dr Strangelove, though fictional, was a great movie even though the character was a nutjob. Come to think of it, Patton's George C. Scott was in that movie too, and he played another nutjob, even crazier than Patton.
That guy was a megalomaniac. He deserved to be relieved of command, as he was, for a time. He got in trouble for his treatment of the guy with combat fatigue. He sent his tanks to liberate a POW camp where his son-in-law was held captive.
I have no respect for that guy. So, I won't comment on the movie, since I have refused to watch it.
As Flawed as Patton might have been, he knew war. His strategies were top notch.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
CinnamonGirl wrote: I have never seen Dr. Strangelove, Patton or ON the Waterfront. I just saw Butch Cassidy for the first time a couple years ago. I am embarrassed to admit. I still have never seen Casablanca either.
That's it! Next time I'm over at your house, I'm making you watch Casablanca! And Top Hat, Singing In The Rain, Maltese Falcon, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke, The Misfits, Rear Window, and, last but not least, Citizen Kane (followed directly by RKO281). We gotta ed-u-mah-cate you!
Gone With the Wind made me wanna puke.
I like singing in the rain. And oklahoma is my favorite musical. I have not seen any others on your list above.
That guy was a megalomaniac. He deserved to be relieved of command, as he was, for a time. He got in trouble for his treatment of the guy with combat fatigue. He sent his tanks to liberate a POW camp where his son-in-law was held captive.
I have no respect for that guy. So, I won't comment on the movie, since I have refused to watch it.
He was by any measure a psychopath who didn't fight for country, his men or for freedom. He killed because he loved to kill and I wonder how many boys needlessly died in his uncontrolled blood lust?
