Ok but far,far to long and patronising.

Rating: 6/10 (28 January 2001)

I have often wondered what the German people must think when they watch the WW2 film that make the Americans out to be such wonderfull people and the German soldiors to be the absolute epitemy of evil. Well now i know how they feel thanks to the wonderful Mel Gibson and his anti English films. First there was Braveheart,which incidently i thought was brilliant and now we have the Patriot which comes nowhere near Braveheart. The Only comparison i can make is that they both make they English out to be complete bastards. I suppose i am slightly clouded in my judgement of patriot because of it's anti English stance so maybe you should not take to much notice of what i think of the film. As for the film let me start by saying it's not to bad. It is entertaining but it is far too long. It could have been cut by at least an hour to make it more comfortable to watch . It also has to many sentimental moments that are quite patronising at times but that is only to be expected from Hollywood. The big plus point about the movie is the special affects during the battle scenes. At one point you watch the flight of a cannonball and the distruction it does,which is one of the best special affects i have ever seen. Watchable but not brilliant. 6 out of 10.