One of my favorite war films of all time.

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2012)

This is what I refer to as a "perfect film." Perfect casting, perfect screenplay, and perfectly entertaining, the true value of any good film. Unlike many war movies, it was a curious mixture of both drama and broad comedy, but they pulled it off extremely well. I noticed that most people who viewed this film LOVED it, but there were also several who DAMNED it. These few individuals are what I commonly refer to as "imbeciles," people who think of themselves as actual movie critics, but with the mental sensibilities of the brain dead. For example, someone who thought it was "terrible" because it was "inaccurate and over the top." Yes, it was. It's a movie, Einstein, not an historical record. Then another genius criticized the film for singling out the "Christian soldier" (Telly Savalas) as the psychopath as a direct threat against good Christians everywhere. Well, I'm a Christian, and I thought this decision was as valid as any other choice, particularly since there were far more Christian fanatics in the sixties than Muslims or Budddhists, wouldn't you agree? Calling someone a 'Christian soldier' is the ultimate oxymoron, in of itself! Another goofball accused the Jim Brown character as dressing up as a Nazi, further underlining the glaring inaccuracies of some of these wholly negative comments. In conclusion, this film was created solely as entertainment, not to be taken as seriously as films like "All Quiet On The Western Front" or "Paths Of Glory. If you don't know the difference, you shouldn't be criticizing movies, period.