Pros: Fine performances, terrific direction, solid script, great score Cons: None
The Patriot is director Roland Emmerich's Revolutionary War epic based loosely on various historical figures and battles during the British campaign in the Deep South. Working from a screenplay by Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, ...
Pros: Excellent Plot. Great Costumes. Cons: A little slow at the beginning.
I watched this movie on video for the first time today. I wanted to see it while it was in the theater, but never got the chance. I'm glad I took the time to rent it, and wish I had been able to see it on the big screen. I am certain that the battle...
Pros: Mel Gibson, the surprisingly decent direction from Roland Emmerich Cons: the script is a bit predictable and relies on schmaltz and sentimentality too often
The Patriot: Centropolis Entertainment/ Columbia TriStar Pictures Rating: USA: R
It’s almost inevitable that Mel Gibson’s new film, The Patriot , will be compared to his 1995 epic...
Pros: Entertaining,gripping,puts you right in the middle of the war. Cons: Some violent scenes
What fascinated me when I heard rumors about this movie? Parts of it was being filmed about 15 miles from my home at Cypress Gardens, SC. This is a tourist attraction consisting of swamp and Cypress trees, alligators and wildlife. I go to Cypress...
Pros: Great acting; excellent script; lots of action. Cons: Hey... has anybody seen an original idea around here?!
Americans have always loved watching their wars and war heroes on the silver screen. How many of us have been thrilled by great war films like: Sergeant York (1940); The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); The Red Badge of Courage (1951);...
"The Patriot" is a Revolutionary War epic about a widowed South Carolina farmer named Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) who reluctantly becomes a hero in our war for independence. Martin wants nothing to do with the war, and even tells fellow...
Pros: emotional, actors, history Cons: not all factual, violent
The Patriot...the movie that got rave reviews from everyone that I knew. Perhaps because it was an emotional war movie, bringing back the hardness of death, defeat, and victory in our history. Maybe it was Mel Gibson. Who knows...but I knew I had...
Pros: The casting, locale, and period costumes produced an authentic feel Cons: May not be suitable for revisionists who like their history neat
The Patriot opened here today. The Patriot had its first showing at 11:15 AM (EDT) at the Reston [Virginia] Multiplex. The Patriot sold its first open ticket [seat #104, stage center] to Gungian.
Pros: Incredibly touching movie that gives you the true picture of the Revolutionary War Cons: Extremely realistic war scenes - NOT FOR YOU VIEWERS OR THOSE WITH WEAK CONSTITUTIONS
Add Mel Gibson's roles together: Braveheart's Fury, The Bounty's desire for freedom, and Revolutionary War's historical story line, and you have the makings for Patriot.
This Revolutionary war movie is directed by Roland Emmerich, known for...
Pros: Gibson is solid, Jason Isaacs steals the show and let's not forget about the gory battle scenes! Cons: It's the history of America's birth seen through the eyes of a super-hero.
If historical accuracy isn't of paramount importance to you, and you don't mind a little corn, then The Patriot is the epic for you. It has all the requirements of the standard Hollywood action epic: noble heroes, evil villains, beautiful damsels...
Pros: Mel Gibson & Heath Ledger. Cons: Not historically accurate.
The Patriot
165 Minutes
Rated R
Columbia Pictures
The Patriot was and is an amazing movie. The great effects put off by computer nowadays is quite breath taking. Most of the movie was filmed in South Carolina, as...
Pros: the entire film is wonderful: it has a great cast, the plot is intriguing, the acting is believable, the scenery is breath-taking, etc. Cons: it's a bit slow in the beginning, but it picks up after about 15 minutes; the passing of time isn't really defined, before you know it 2 years have passed but there's nothing to mark the difference in timelines
The Patriot has definitely earned its way into my personal list of great epic movies. In order to make my list, a movie has to possess not just a great plot and story, but believable acting and above all it must keep my interest. I was kind...
Pros: a wonderful movie Cons: didn't have a tissue
This is the movie I have been waiting all spring and summer for, I have read article after article about the making of this film, as well as watching HBO's special about it. Could it live up to my expectations? That would be a pretty tall order, but...
Pros: Nice scenery? Cons: Dull acting, wrong motives, weak script, completely misses its point
For my History class this year the first thing we did was surprisingly watch the Patriot. I have never seen this before and had heard mixed feelings from it but it was pretty cool to watch a rated R movie in school. My teacher described it as ...
Mel Gibson stars as Benjamin Martin, a courageous and heroic South Carolina farmer who reluctantly joins the Revolutionary War to avenge a British col...More at HotMovieSale.com
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