A Masterpiece...

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2005)

Patton is pure brilliance, with masterful cinematography, settings, costuming, and acting. It is everything a great epic should be, and more. The film's scope is phenomenal, with coverage of the African campaign, Sicily, and the 3rd Army's blitz through Europe, and finally, the Battle of the Bulge. In this film we are introduced to a true heroic warrior. His conviction and intensity drive the film, just as General Patton drove the men under his charge. The scene where Patton slaps a sniveling coward reminds one of today's anti-war leftists, incapable of understanding that anything less than total victory is repugnant to a real American. This film is a true tour de force, and a reminder that sometimes we have to fight wars with people like Patton leading us.