TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

merelyaninnuendo Patton3 Out Of 5Patton is a character driven feature that follows up its characters like an irrevocable command. The work that went behind writing just the protagonist clearly pays off, for it is the only thread that one wants to hold on to in this overstretched journey and boy what a thrilling ride it has to offer. It is rich on technical aspects like costume, production and art design, sound department, cinematography and editing. The camera work is stunning, it is shot beautifully with amazing locations and visuals that endorses the feature. The screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, is electrifying and smart if not gripping and the only reason to that would be the overlong runtime that it ticks for which seems inessential at certain points. Franklin J. Schaffner; the director, is in his A game and has done an excellent work on executing the feature which could have easily been blunt and disenchanting and the key to that would be the sense of urgency that is created to bind it all. The performance objective is scored majestically by the protagonist George C. Scott and Karl Malden in his supporting role. Patton is a self-challenged and self-motivated feature whose protagonist justifies its title like never before.

George Taylor This biopic of the overbearing, brilliant General has a great cast, and a great director. Highlighting most of the highs and Lows of Patton's career, even with some flaws (like the tanks), it's still worth watching. While Scott dominates the screen as Patton, keep an eye on Karl Malden as Bradley - he steals every scene he's in. Worth all the accolades it received.

Wuchak RELEASED IN 1970 and directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, "Patton" stars George C. Scott as the charismatic general during his WWII campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, as well as France & Germany following the Normandy invasion. After the invasion of Sicily, Patton was reprimanded for slapping a cowardly soldier suffering battle fatigue (in real life it was two soldiers on separate occasions in the course of eight days in August, 1943). The fiery general was removed from command for eleven months while his junior in age and rank, Omar Bradley (Karl Malden), was selected to command the First United States Army for the invasion of Normandy.Meanwhile, Patton was assigned to London as a decoy to deceive the Germans in a sham operation called Fortitude. The ruse was successful because the German High Command respected Patton more than any other Allied commander and deemed him crucial to any plan to invade mainland Europe. Immediately following the successful invasion, he was put in command of the Third Army in the final Allied thrust against Germany where the headstrong general, once again, proved his mettle as his forces favored speed and aggressive offensive action.Patton was an interesting character who maintained a flashy larger-than-life image in order to encourage his troops; and he didn't hesitate to get his hands dirty with them. While other officers tried to blend-in with the troops on the battlefield, Patton brazenly displayed his rank insignia. He was a romantic who valued bravery and tenacity above all. All this is effectively conveyed in this ambitious war flick. It's interesting to observe the North African and European theaters of the war from the standpoint of the Allied generals, mostly Patton and Bradley, rather than the typical perspective of the infantry.THE FILM WAS WRITTEN by Francis Ford Coppola with additional material from Edmund H. North (based on the factual accounts of Ladislas Farago & Omar N. Bradley). It runs 172 minutes and was shot in Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Crete and England, with the opening speech filmed at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall in Los Angeles.GRADE: A-

jacobs-greenwood "Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."Director Franklin Schaffner won the Best Director Oscar on his only nomination for this Best Picture Oscar winner, which brought home four more Oscars including Adapted Screenplay Writing (shared by Francis Ford Coppola). George C. Scott was the first Best Actor to refuse his award for his autobiographical portrayal of the famous General, AFI's #29 hero. Added to the National Film Registry in 2003. #89 on AFI's 100 Greatest Movies list.The film opens with the famous scene of the titled General (Scott) standing before a building sized American flag and giving a speech. It then takes "us" back through the officer's World War II career: his early successes in Africa where he defeats the famous German tank commander ("Rommel, you magnificent bastard. I read your book"), his supposed rivalry with a British Field Marshall ("Monty") as they race for glory retaking Europe back from the Nazis, and even jealousy for fellow American General Omar Bradley (Karl Malden), on who's book "A Soldier's Story" the film is based.It tells of the mutual "love" between the tough officer and his men, as well as the incident which caused him to become a political pawn of the press. Perhaps the only missed beat in the entire film is its weak ending.