Geaorge becomes Patton!

Rating: Null/10 (23 March 2001)

What made this movie great was the performance of Scott,a great budget,ambition,great supporting effort by MaLden,and that great soundrack.But what is really irreplaceable here is the the eerily spiritual performance of Scott as he becomes that great warrior general.Although I must say that there were incredible flaws in the battle scenes that could not be overlooked.This is what destroyed the film.Many many battle scene choreograhies here were cartoonish and watered down for some reason although you can tell they were all well rehearsed and well budgeted.I believe it was some sort of marketing compromise to tone down the "specifics" when it comes to the details of realistic fighting,focusing more on the realistics of the main characters historical actions.This makes this movie "pop" for a wider market, but then the price is credibility with more descriminating,attention to detail buffs like me.Wrong war equipment here and there and childish battle sequences prevents this movie from being the greatest war and/or biography movie ever.It could have been.This movie still ranks as one of the top 20 war movies ever,and one of the top 10 biography movies ever,but far from the top 100 movies ever as a lot of over rating critics would like to believe.I would recommend this movie if you would like to be educated about who General Patton was,or a war movie fan,or a movie acting fan(to study Scott's performance).......