my reaction to the movie

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2009)

this movie was an American classic. this is the first time i have seen this movie and i just want to say that it is much better than expected. i have seen many war movies before like band of brothers and Patton and this movie goes right up there with them. the part that i really enjoyed was when they stormed the German radio bunker and they took a German prisoner. the captain then made a controversial choice to let the man go free. later in the final segment of the film we see the same released prisoner fighting against them. i was really surprised when we saw him again because one of the terms of release was that he would turn himself over to the next American unit he saw i thought he would.i also enjoyed that throughout the whole film the captains hand is quivering i think this is a physical manifestation of his mental breakdown. i don't think he ever saw himself becoming a soldier and he is stricken with the grief of all the lives he has cost.