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Rating: Null/10 (8 February 2014)

I would like to say that I am fair before I proceed to eviscerate someone. But I will throw this out there for anyone to respond. This is not so much a review as, a eviscerating opinion of Clooney's "epic" WWII thriller,starring an A-list crew of actors,A-list script, A-list directors & some such. Anyone who has seen Frankenheimer's 60's flick dealing w/ the very same subject matter,a quietly thrilling war of wits between French resistance(?)fighter(Burt Lancaster) & incredibly determined(sociopathic?)Nazi general(Paul Muni),will have to agree w/ me that "Monuments Men"(whatever) is like an annual Girl Scout, sales girl of the year jamboree retreat in the Catskills. Obviously, I forgot to spend $12 on a ticket,so this is unfair. BUt burt lancaster, who probably doesn't utter more than 50-60 words in the entire movie,gives the impression, that at any minute, he will get his head blown off, there are so many Germans on patrol coming out of the bushes in this movie, desperate to move their "cargo" to Berlin. They are not in the Catskills, they are in a war w/ Nazis who will gladly shoot you for no other reason than you are trying to steal rembrandts, Van Goghs,Cezannes,Vegas,Michealangelo's,etc,etc,etc.
ADDENDUM- ...in an unrelated matter, I believe the correct spelling is Degas(edward), not vegas, & there were only wooden boxes stenciled w/ various names,Renoir,Matisse,Degas,Manet,Van GOgh,Rembrandt,ie, you just assumed there were actual paintings, or Hollywood simulated paintings in the boxes(THE TRAIN)....also, the German general was Paul Scofield,not Paul Muni....Thanks everyone....