Product: George C. Scott: The Last Days of Patton (1986)
Rating: 3.0
Flawed but worth seeing
The Last Days of PattonGeorge C. ScottI'm recommending this movie because it brings closure to Patton's life. If you enjoyed the first movie, Patton, you owe it to yourself to see this one even if it is flawed. Though I was disappointed with this film, I wanted more at the end. I felt the flashbacks did not go deep enough into his early life. It was almost as if this film came from scenes cut from the first movie, which won eight Academy Awards, and the flashbacks were filmed later and spliced in. Because of this, The Last Days of Patton dragged at times. The producer and director should have put more time into the flashbacks. This might have remedied that problem. It's too bad that Patton died before he had a chance to retire and write his memoir. Since he was the type of man who spoke out about what he believed (which got him in trouble more than once even if he was right most of the time), his memoir would have been a great read. We can only imagine what the world would be like today if those in power had listened to him and gone on to defeat Russia. There would have been no Cold War, no Korea, no Vietnam and possibly no war with Islamic terrorists.