It stand on its own

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2007)

Ignoring all the hype surrounding the star performances and the endurance it took to make this picture, Lawrence of Arabia stands firmly on its own as an incredible film.
Told with exactitude, David Lean chose wisely the long story of TE Lawrence and his time helping to bring an end to the last of the Turkish Ottoman Empire by bringing together disparate tribes of Arabs.
The casting is excellent. From O'Toole, Sharif, Guinness to even the lowliest servant, this is a movie where the acting is lean and on point. O'Toole's Lawrence is astonishing. Boyish, idealistic and in the end, on the verge of cracking, he brings a full character to the screen. The one thing about O'Toole that you see in this picture that follows him through "Lord Jim," "The Ruling Class" and "Becket" is that he is fearless. In all of his roles, he brings forth both the admirable and the less pleasant aspects of a character's emotional life. O'Toole positively hums as the troubled and emotionally solitary, but always feeling and thinking: TE Lawrence.