Patton

Pros: George C. Scott's performance, Jerry Goldsmith's score, good script
Cons: No major ones (see review for "minor gripes")

Of the two "bio-pics" based on the World War II careers of America's two "warrior-prince" generals, perhaps the best, if not the best-known, is Franklin Schaffner's Patton, starring George C. Scott as Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., who almost ...

Pros: Scott, Script, Score, Cinematography
Cons: None

Patton (1970)

"When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend's face, you'll know what to do." George S. Patton

So opens the movie "Patton" a runaway winner in the 1970...

Pros: Great acting, gorgeous photography, deserved its 8 Academy Awards!
Cons: Not a one!!

The stage is bare. In front of a slate-gray curtain hangs an American flag of immense proportions - perhaps twenty feet high by forty feet wide. The room hums with the subdued voices of a large but unseen audience. Suddenly, over the steady drone, a...

Pros: Scott.
Cons: Not always so enjoyable.

Patton is one of those rare movies, and I do mean rare, that you have to give a five-star to just by mandatory law. I can't quite say that my enjoyment of it was on a five-star scale, but I know in my heart of hearts that it is a five-star movie, ...

Pros: Decent character work, Decent acting, Cinematically impressive
Cons: Quite a bit of mood over substance at points (long and feels long)

As a pacifist, it probably should not surprise me that I have not watched a whole lot of war movies. War movies - outside "Star Wars" - never truly interested me. On a deeper psychological level, my antipathy toward war movies probably has a lot to do ...

Pros: Wonderfully scripted, epic battles, George C. Scott
Cons: None

"One big difference between you and me, George. I do this job because I've been trained to do it. You do it because...you love it."
-General Omar Bradley

Is he just an obsessed general or is he really a pure warrior at heart? Here is a...

Pros: George C. Scott becomes George S. Patton, Excellent historical drama, Touches of humor lighten the seriousness.
Cons: Parts can be tedious, Battle scenes are adequate but nothing special.

In a voiceover at the end of Patton actor George C. Scott relates the tale of the ancient conquering Roman hero who tempers his victory with a slave who whispers in his ear the warning that all glory is fleeting.

That could well...

Pros: Historically Accurate
Cons: Suffers Slightly from Low Production Values

Some reviewers have called Patton the greatest movie ever made, and it did garner quite a few Academy Awards upon its release, but there are many military movies I'd recommend over this one, such as Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, The Longest Day,...

Pros: Historically correct, absorbing and entertaining.
Cons: A long film where the effects have become quite dated with time.

General Patton believed his destiny was to lead a great army into combat and come out the other end victorious. If he did not succeed he wanted to lie dead among his combat soldiers. So why during the most important and intense time in the European war ...

Pros: Excellent look at one of the giant figures of twentieth century warfare
Cons: Long.

General George Smith Patton is probably the most iconic American general of the Second World War (MacArthur could give him a run for the money -- maybe.) Franklin J. Schaffner's "Patton" along with star George C. Scott's portrayal are probably ...

Pros: One of few American film showing World War II from a command perspective.
Cons: Behind the scenes knowledge required not to see the film a patriotic wallow.

When George C. Scott (1927-1999), drenched in military regalia, strides before his troops in front of a huge American flag at the start of PATTON (1970), he IS, without a doubt, General George S. Patton. It is the performance of a lifetime, and he ...

Pros: great acting, tension, good action, captivating subject
Cons: length, spoofing Montgomery for comic effect a little too much

The 1970 movie Patton is one of my all-time favorite movies. George C. Scott's portrayal of General Patton is not to be missed. (Some spoilers follow, but not enough to spoil the movie.) Patton is much more than a war movie. We see the battles ...

Pros: A deep, insightful movie about an American legend.
Cons: Some profanity

For several reasons, "Patton" is one of the best movies I have ever viewed. In 1970, this movie won eight Academy Awards, and I will attempt to explain why.

GEORGE C. SCOTT

Quite frankly, George C. Scott is part...

Pros: Beautifully photographed; brilliant lead performance
Cons: Factual omissions skew our sympathies

As General George S. Patton, George C. Scott is an actor playing an actor. The television age birthed a new kind of media-savvy soldier, one who becomes, by appearing as a character on the six o’clock news, emblematic of freedom. (Witness Colin Powell or...

Pros: Truthful, to the point, entertaining
Cons: none

This film tells the story of General George S. Patton, Jr. during World War II. His battlefield genius garners him fear and respect from the Germans, and resentment and misunderstanding from the Allies. As a military historian and poet, he believes...