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Post by lowtacks86 on Mar 19, 2021 22:34:34 GMT
Am I missing out on anything? I've always been fascinated by the opening scene:
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Post by OldAussie on Mar 19, 2021 22:36:38 GMT
movie 8/10
Scott 10/10
my favourite best actor performance.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 19, 2021 22:42:34 GMT
Definitely check it out. One of the best biographical war movies ever.
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Post by ck100 on Mar 19, 2021 22:50:01 GMT
I haven't seen it either.
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Post by spooner5020 on Mar 19, 2021 22:51:38 GMT
Me neither. Been meaning to getting around to watching it.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Mar 19, 2021 22:55:15 GMT
Catman belongs to the never-have-seen club.
Don't plan to get out.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 19, 2021 22:55:20 GMT
Very good war movie, but what makes it great is George C. Scott's performance.
9/10
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Post by Isapop on Mar 19, 2021 22:57:17 GMT
Excellent script and Scott's simply towering performance, one of the best you'll ever see, make Patton a must.
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Post by Marv on Mar 19, 2021 22:58:54 GMT
I’ve not seen it. I think I tried but didn’t feel in the mood for it and shut it off pretty early.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Mar 19, 2021 23:31:17 GMT
I've not seen it either. Not particularly high on my list of priorities.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 20, 2021 0:40:57 GMT
Good movie. Bent history a tad, Patton knew he would get 3rd Army Command in January, 1944, the film makes it look like he never knew until well after D-Day.
My Uncle Paul knew Patton and said Scott did an accurate job, even though Patton was much more profane. He had wished the movie had included the liberation Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. He was with Patton when they toured the camp and he said that the sights turned Patton into a different person. Not the bombastic Blood and Guts but a teary eyed person. He hardly said a wrod the whole time, except "My god" and "Why"?
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 20, 2021 3:59:41 GMT
7/10 Its a really good film.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Mar 20, 2021 4:02:30 GMT
A- it's one of the more watchable/accessible of its ilk.
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 20, 2021 4:11:05 GMT
Definitely worth seeing but I find it rather hokey and hagiographical.
Patton's son was assistant post commander at Fort Knox when Young Bravo was stationed there for a few months before shipping off to glory. Patton the Younger rode around in a jeep with a .45 on his hip. His old man's renowned pearl-handled pistols, which Omar Bradley said made him look like a pimp in a New Orleans bordello, were in a museum on Knox. There was also a Tiger tank, one of the few remanning in the world. Other vehicles had Afrika Korps markings.
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Post by dirtypillows on Mar 20, 2021 4:26:08 GMT
I tried watching it last year. I gave up after maybe 25 minutes. I could just tell it was not going to turn out to be something I could get into.
Afterwards I watched the 1978 tv movie "Devil Dog: Hound of Hell" with Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards and relished every minute of it.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 20, 2021 9:31:34 GMT
But have you read his boooook?
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Mar 20, 2021 11:12:08 GMT
I tried watching it last year. I gave up after maybe 25 minutes. I could just tell it was not going to turn out to be something I could get into. Afterwards I watched the 1978 tv movie "Devil Dog: Hound of Hell" with Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards and relished every minute of it. Lucky really hit it out of the park with his inspired performance as the Devil Dog.
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Mar 20, 2021 11:52:44 GMT
It is my father's all-time second favourite film after Saving Private Ryan. I like it a lot, too. Overall, it is just a bit on the reverent side but not a hagiography as it does look at Patton's wrong conduct as well.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Mar 20, 2021 15:44:29 GMT
One of the greatest movies ever made, IMO.
George C. Scott gives a legendary performance.
Great script and direction.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Mar 20, 2021 16:28:34 GMT
George C. Scott is one of the best actors, and he shows it here. He's great in everything.
Good movie. But if I watch it again, it's to see George.
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