Watch it, even if the subject doesn't interest you.

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2000)

World War II has never captured my attention the way the Vietnam War has, and because of this, my favorite "war movies" have been about the Vietnam War; Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter were the standard. One night I caught this on TNT and decided to watch it while waiting for a game to come on. I never caught that game because the film drew me in. The combination of the cinematography and the acting was simply too alluring. George C. Scott's performance of the daring general is the best acting I've ever seen. When Scott turned down the Academy Award in 1971, he said "he did not feel himself to be in any competition with other actors." He was right. To me, his performance was incomparable.