An Officer and a Genius Director

Rating: 10/10 (22 November 1999)

See this tremendous war movie to understand the meaning of "vivid", "taught", "tense", and "somber". Great direction from Kubrick. The visual effects are better than "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "Porkchop Hill". Kubrick really knows how to use a camera. Douglas portrays the classic frustration of a humane officer who not only fights the enemy, but his superiors. This is a "war movie", not a "combat movie". (No Rambo, no Wayne. Just people.)