Dated, dated, dated... and dated.

Rating: 6/10 (11 August 2007)

OK, it's sure is a good war movie, probably too good for its time; therefore the Oscars. George C. Scott adds a remarkable performance, the music is very nice, Coppola surely did a good job on the screenplay, but... something's missing. Simply put: the movie is pretty much dated. There have been loads of greater war movies in the last thirty years. A token: 'The Deer Hunter', 'Apocalypse Now', 'Platoon', 'The Thin Red Line' etc.
It's worth watching it at least once. It has its moments, but... it seems too old, it is too old and, to be brief, it is rather boring. The feeling reminds us more of the 60s. A year after (1971) 'The French Connection' wins the best movie award, a movie with a truly unique and new for its time style: The 70s style.
'Patton' is OK. Nothing more, nothing less.