Not impressed

Rating: 6/10 (10 December 2006)

But I am not from the generation of this film. People I know who were around when this film was released assure me that McQueen was the epitome of cool. The problem is that "cool's eternal, but it's always dated." I can see how he coudl have been viewed as cool, but the story behind the film seems, to me, mediocre at best. The music is well-known and enjoyable, but the story of the film could have been a much deeper statement about the futility of war, and what does it end up being? A place to watch McQueen showboat. My opinions could be totally misplaced here; but I did not see anything spectacular about this film. Stalag-17 seems a much greater film with a similar story.
ZooTrouble