18th century Saving Private Ryan

Rating: 3/10 (2 August 2000)

I was very amused by the realistic 18th century settings of THE PATRIOT. I really enjoyed it over the first thirty minutes, also the "Saving private Ryan" sort of battle scenes.
But after a while I couldn't get around those absurd dialogs anymore. Worst of all, once the movie reached a climax very early on, it couldn't get down anymore, it went on and on without giving you time to breathe.
At some point then, somebody seemed to have realized that the movie should have an end. So the whole story, more or less plausible until then, turns totally wild, and, in the end, makes no sense at all. If you have anything better to do with your time, watch something else or just stay home.