a warrior and weirdo in ww2.

Rating: Null/10 (12 April 2002)

Colorful, weird picture on an american legend: General Patton, an american general and , if the movie is right, a very interesting character, too. He reminds me of german writer ernst juenger and other european intelectuals, much more than of the typical all american war heros... Patton was into classic greek history and wrote poems. At the same time he slapped a GI in the face for being scared of the enemy and risked his mensÂ´ lifes for unnecessary war operations. He loved uniforms and guns, preferred the nazis from the russian allied forces and lost his job as a commanding officer at the end of ww2 for telling journalists about his views. A successful man of war and a very strange personality indeed... Still a good movie.