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One of the greatest screen biographies ever produced, this monumental film runs nearly three hours, won seven Academy Awards, and gave George C. Scott the greatest role of his career. It was released in 1970 when protest against the Vietnam War still raged at home and abroad, and many critics and moviegoers struggled to reconcile current events with the movie's glorification of Gen. George S. Patton as a crazy-brave genius of World War II.
How could a movie so huge in scope and so fascinated by its subject be considered an anti-war film? The simple truth is that it's not--Patton is less about World War II than about the rise and fall of a man whose life was literally defined by war, and who felt lost and lonely without the grand-scale pursuit of an enemy. George C. Scott embodies his role so fully, so convincingly, that we can't help but be drawn to and fascinated by Patton as a man who is simultaneously bound for hell and glory. The film's opening monologue alone is a masterful display of acting and character analysis, and everything that follows is sheer brilliance on the part of Scott and director Franklin J. Schaffner.
Filmed on an epic scale at literally dozens of European locations, Patton does not embrace war as a noble pursuit, nor does it deny the reality of war as a breeding ground for heroes. Through the awesome achievement of Scott's performance and the film's grand ambition, Patton shows all the complexities of a man who accepted his role in life and (like Scott) played it to the hilt
Man I love this movie. I can't remember how many times I watched it with my dad. Everytime it came on TV we had to watch it. I've seen it so many times that when I finally saw an actual picture of Gen. Patton, I was like that's not Patton. George C. Scott is Patton. That is how good Scott's performance was.
Everything about this movie is great. The story line, the acting, the cinematography, everything came together. At the end of the movie when the war is over you almost feel sorry for Patton. It was like his life no longer had meaning now that the war was over.
I can watch this movie over and over. It's actually been a while since I've seen it so I might have to go pick it up this week.
One of the greatest screen biographies ever produced, this monumental film runs nearly three hours, won seven Academy Awards, and gave George C. Scott the greatest role of his career. It was released in 1970 when protest against the Vietnam War still raged at home and abroad, and many critics and moviegoers struggled to reconcile current events with the movie's glorification of Gen. George S. Patton as a crazy-brave genius of World War II.
How could a movie so huge in scope and so fascinated by its subject be considered an anti-war film? The simple truth is that it's not--Patton is less about World War II than about the rise and fall of a man whose life was literally defined by war, and who felt lost and lonely without the grand-scale pursuit of an enemy. George C. Scott embodies his role so fully, so convincingly, that we can't help but be drawn to and fascinated by Patton as a man who is simultaneously bound for hell and glory. The film's opening monologue alone is a masterful display of acting and character analysis, and everything that follows is sheer brilliance on the part of Scott and director Franklin J. Schaffner.
Filmed on an epic scale at literally dozens of European locations, Patton does not embrace war as a noble pursuit, nor does it deny the reality of war as a breeding ground for heroes. Through the awesome achievement of Scott's performance and the film's grand ambition, Patton shows all the complexities of a man who accepted his role in life and (like Scott) played it to the hilt
Man I love this movie. I can't remember how many times I watched it with my dad. Everytime it came on TV we had to watch it. I've seen it so many times that when I finally saw an actual picture of Gen. Patton, I was like that's not Patton. George C. Scott is Patton. That is how good Scott's performance was.
Everything about this movie is great. The story line, the acting, the cinematography, everything came together. At the end of the movie when the war is over you almost feel sorry for Patton. It was like his life no longer had meaning now that the war was over.
I can watch this movie over and over. It's actually been a while since I've seen it so I might have to go pick it up this week.
