More than a great war movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2001)

At first, I thought it was going to be only a war movie like all the other ones I've seen from the fifties and sixties. (ex.The Great Escape, The Guns Of Navarone, The Longest Day, etc.) But I realized very soon it was not like all the other ones. It is psychologically deeper and harder than every other war movie you will ever see, along with Apocalypse Now. David Lean, also director of Lawrence Of Arabia, just made an incredible job and really deserved that Oscar for the film.
First the plot is absolutely marvelous. Read the IMDB Plot Outline for more information on this. It is really a movie that gets you into and you don't see time passing by. Second, there are a bunch of actors in there that are just splendid. I'm talking about Alec Guinness and William Holden that are really great actors, but all the other actors are up to the quality of this movie, like Sessue Hayakawa aka Colonel Saito, the "bad" guy.
For all these reasons, I give it a nine out of ten. (9/10) If you are a maniac of war movies and want to see the apogee of this film genre, this one's for you. A must-see!!!