One of the best movies I've ever seen

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2008)

I can't help but agree with 99% of the reviews I've read. This is a fine, fine movie, and is as relevant today as it was 60+ years ago. The most touching scene for me was late in the film, when Lt. Derry is wandering through the airplane scrap yard, probably thinking his life was headed in the same direction, destined to a life of obscurity and fading into nothingness. And yet suddenly things are turned around when we realize that, just like the Phoenix of fable, a new Derry arises from the ashes of his past. Just fantastic.
I regret it took this many years for me to see it for the first time, but it is the first of many more viewings, rest assured.