a good historical lesson

Rating: 7/10 (25 June 2014)

I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. It got so much advertisement forever and then I think the release date was pushed back, which is usually not a good sign. Most people I know who had seen it said it was a good historical lesson, but not very entertaining. Although, I was a little more entertained than I thought I would be, I do have to agree. It's more interesting than it is entertaining per-say. What I think I like best about it is the cast. Bill Murray, John Goodman, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Jean Dujardin etc. all worked together so well. They are just these old artist type guys who formed a company to go out into occupied Europe to recover the art that the Nazi's stole. Pretty simple plot and the movie are actually pretty simple, but there is a lot more to what actually happened. There is a show on The Military Channel called Secrets of WW2. They had a segment on The Monuments Men, which fleshed out a lot of the details of what happened. If you are a WW2 buff, I think you will enjoy this.