Review of Patton (1970) by Calibmcbolts — 29 May 2016

I decided to watch 'Patton', the all-time favorite film of James.

Berardinelli, someone I respect a lot, and someone who has a very.

Profound taste in films, which I like, I always love reading his.

Reviews.

Me, as usual going in to any movie with high hopes and high.

Expectation, since it is the #1 film of someone I respect, but boy, o.

Boy was I disappointed. This is a lifeless, patriotic, American piece.

Of propaganda. In a very, very negative way. It has no redeeming.

Qualities, and every battle scene you get showed, you don't care about.

Who gets bombed and gets shot at by infantry, because everyone that.

Gets killed in the battle scenes are faceless puppets, something an.

Emotionally driven war picture needs.

The whole movie is about George S. Patton, an eccentric and.

Controversial American war general with a short fuse, you might think.

That will result in some fantastic scenes. No, not really. The whole.

Movie is really about how great Americans are, and how great this.

Maniacal war general is, showing manly decisions, epic battles (battles.

That have no gravitas at all), how great he handles everything, etc,.

Etc. Each scene in 'Patton' could've easily been cut 2 to 4 minutes,.

Resulting in a dragging and overlong movie with an unneeded runtime of.

172 minutes.

All in all, I still gave 'Patton' a 1/10 because George C. Scott.

Undeniably gives a powerhouse performance, and I respect Franklin J.

Schaffner a lot, attempting to make a memorable war picture.