Belongs in top 10, for war movies

Rating: 10/10 (5 October 2004)

It bothers me on a deep level that this movie is somehow ranked below "Braveheart". This movie is superb on many levels, especially the acting. George C. Scott was a perfect Patton, except that the real General had a high squeaky voice, but there's not much he could have done about that. It's really interesting how they showed the conflicts amound the allied generals and the perceptions of the German high command, all of which is accurate. By today's standards, it's not a very epic "historical epic", but that's okay because the plot is very character driven. At the time the movie was released (1970) the country's antiwar movement was at it's hieght, and people wanted to be reminded of a war that could be won. President Nixon loved this movie, he was described as a "walking advertisement" for it since he would mention to anyone how great it was. Politics aside . . . It's better than "Braveheart".