All good war movies are about people

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2005)

I finally sat down and watched Patton end-to-end. And I have to say that, even after all these years and advances in film-making, it's still an excellent motion picture.
Patton is one of those war movies that isn't really about the war, it's about the people in them. Bad war movies either aren't about the people at all, or use the characters as some stereotypical element lacking in any sort of realism or personality.
Patton is different. It is a war movie about a man, one very ambitious, very egotistical, very talented man. A man so obsessed with combat he has forgotten how to be a human being, and is eventually forced to learn how to become one all over again.
The film probably contains factual errors about General George S. Patton, but as a film it is an terrific character study about a man whose gifts are such a powerful, motivating force that all other characteristics are lost in their wake.
10 out of 10. Stands the test of time.
Barky