George c Scott's tour De force

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2006)

Patton is one of my all time favorite movies....the music was excellent and pretty much the whole movie was interesting with just a few dead spots...General Patton was probably our best army commander during ww2 and the most colorful as well...His family did not want a movie made about him because of anticipated inaccuracies but i am quite certain GSP would've loved it being the glory seeking sob that he was ha ha... I cant imagine a better acting job than what George c gave in Patton...Mr Scott was a little on the crazy side as well...in desert maneuvers before going overseas in North Africa a soldier was asked by a officer where he expected trouble and he pointed toward the HQ and the capt said the enemy is in the opposite direction. The soldier then said you didn't ask me about the enemy, you asked me where i expected trouble! General Patton overheard the conversation and started laughing and praising the soldier. Anyways, the combat scenes where Patton always seemed to show up were outstanding...remember when he relieved an officer on the spot and after he left the just promoted soldier said "everyone on this outfit would like to shoot that sob" was hilarious. I was very inspired by some of the scenes and accompanying musical score and i believe Patton would've been as well. I believe Patton is one of the most respected Generals in US history and i feel most Army officers would want to be like him despite his flaws, most notably the totally uncalled for humiliation of 2 soldiers, one with malaria and both weren't allowed back in combat yet by their doctors. As my late dad said "Pattons behavior was the type of sch-it we were fighting against" at least on that occasion. I wish Ike had a few scenes in the movie, but other than that Patton is one of the great flicks in history. I just wish General Patton had been alive to see it.