My Retort to the Saturday Evening Post- I Respectfully Disagree!!

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2008)

General George Patton was a natural born leader who thrived on victory, and detested defeat!! His passion for military triumph put him in the category with the stellar generals in WWII, comprising of himself, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Douglas MacArthur!! This triumvirate of generals was a select group of military leaders who were driven by emerging victorious in battle!! For them, to be writhing with conviction, and to be motivated by ultimate confrontation, signified an irreplaceable exuberance which is a quality of an individual that belongs solely to the fortitude of a genuine leader!! The callous gratification of wartime victory involves a temperament of ego-maniacal obsession, and impervious obstinacy, for purposes of adhering to the compulsory premise of all or nothing!! The contention issued by the Saturday Evening Post that Americans were complacent in their plight of embracing mediocrity, which ran the gambit from fighting in a war to fornication, was something that Patton vehemently disagreed with... It was Patton's theory, as it is mine, that Americans have an intensity to win, to strive to be the best!! Our nation was built on the foundation that every American can epitomize his desired accomplishments because he is an American, and Americans strive to be the best, hence, Americans love a winner!! The desire to win World War II with Americans was indeed pandemic!! When someone says they hate a winner, the term "hate" serves as a malignant euphemism for "wistfully resent", to which a winner could just look at this person with star lighted eye contact and say "REALLY!!". The stakes for victory in WWII severely differentiated themselves from winning a baseball game. While one is for purposes of giving the fan his money's worth, the military success in World War II dealt with an end result being one of painstaking encroachment to the pinnacle of world conquest!! Patton once said " I don't want my soldiers to like me, I want them to fight for me"...The operative word in the phrase "young men who are willing to die for their country" is "willing"!! Patton did not wish his soldiers to die for their country, he wanted other soldiers from other countries to die for theirs!! Patton's soldiers were American soldiers, the best soldiers in the world, and they had to survive, which ultimately translated to America winning the war.. Patton was a born leader who had an inherent yearning for victory, as well as crystal clear conception of the visceral elements of survival!! Patton's rigid and quasi tyrannical dictatorship was for purposes of ensuring the allied power's democracy.. This film "Patton" takes you through the laborious processes Patton engaged in to secure that the United States attain a resounding victory in WWII!! The eloquent spokespeople in the White House abhorred Patton's desultory decorum, particularly with regard to his ostracizing the Soviet Union, something which Patton did with an unmitigated disdain!! Patton's cannon of cogency pertaining to his military and political ethics, was something that he carried around with a very unapologetic disposition. The part in the movie when Patton (George C Scott) said that the greatest part of his life was serving as a five star General in WWII, became a dirge of candor which the movie audience could thoroughly believe!! This comprehensive account of Patton's life during WWII was a stunningly successful effort by directing great, Francis Ford Coppola!! (Best known for "Godfather" Godfather Part II and "Apocalypse Now"). Coppola wrote the script to "Patton" in corroboration with director, Frank J Schaffner (Famous for "Planet of the Apes"). This film is an accurate historical review of the prevailing circumstances of the United States involvement in WWII .. History has perennially been a collaboration of stubborn facts which reflect our failures and triumphs during any given era and/or event!! Whether writing or directing a movie, Francis Ford Coppola has an acute knack for accurately pinpointing the bittersweet rewards and repercussions of our nation's military conflicts, as he did so brilliantly with "Patton". George C Scott does General Patton justice with this role, as he provides a succinct portrayal of Patton as a man who was driven by fervent and coveted accomplishments!! AFI (The American Film Institue) ranks this film as one of the top 100 American Films ever made!! The film "Patton" won the academy award for best picture in 1970, and deservedly so!! The auspicious direction that this film perpetuated was an enlightening summation of history which enabled me to have a better understanding of what our primary purpose was in World War II!! I strongly recommend seeing this film!! It is definitely amongst the greatest films in the American cinema world!!