Another Best Picture Classic

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2006)

I have a little confession that I simply need to say, I rented a TV show by accident over at the video store and didn't realize until I got home, I went back and said that it was a broken DVD and exchanged the DVD for this movie, WHEW! That felt so good! Gosh, I felt like I was going to burn in H-E-double hockey sticks for that if I didn't get that out. :D Sorry, I just always talk about in the first paragraph how I came across the movie, so that's the story. But anywho, I just finished From Here to Eternity, the timeless classic that was before An Officer and a Gentleman and I have to say that I really did enjoy this movie.
A private, played by Cliff, is brutally treated badly by his army crew since he refuses to fight, boxing, for them. He falls in love with this hired lady to entertain the army men and she falls for him, finding herself in jeopardy of her job with an AWOL private who is now on the run for murder! Also, the second in command chief is falling for the captain's distressed wife and they have a very steamy affair that they find themselves getting deeper and deeper into trouble with.
From Here to Eternity was such a great film for the simple fact of how honest it was. I was thinking about film classics today when a friend and I were discussing it and I mentioned how they are so different from today's films, they seem so acted, but not over done, and they were never ashamed. They did the best they could and these films were made to be good, not to make money or get famous. That's what makes From Here to Eternity a great film to watch, we need more films like this today!
8/10