Product: George C. Scott: The Last Days of Patton (1986)
Rating: 1.0
46 reviews of 12 different products!
So which reviews relate to which of the 12 versions Amazon is offering? Based on the utterly lousy picture and sound quality of the version I purchased (2003 DVD by Diamond), I must assume those who rated this mediocre TV movie any higher than a 1 have a different version from the one I bought. Multiple freezes and jumps in the picture (and of course sound) didn't help.Some reviewers who weren't happy with their purchase decided to toss the DVDs or resignedly hold onto them instead of returning them, figuring it wasn't "worth it" to do so. Even if the thing cost only $3.95, Amazon pays the return shipping. Too bad everyone didn't return their crummy copies at Amazon's expense -- maybe Amazon would then get a clue that it isn't nice to offer sub-par DVDs to its consumers AND that maybe they should rewrite their programming so that reviews written PERTAIN TO THAT SPECIFIC VERSION ONLY.Regardless of the release, I don't know why this film was even written and produced. It added nothing to our knowledge of Patton's life except to give him a mistress and show how he died. Too much of the script was a rehash of some of Patton's more pithy dialogue from the original film (but delivered with less panache and conviction), and the rest was embarrassingly cliched. The cast's stilted acting seem to indicate they knew they were conscious of the poor writing. Richard Dysart's Eisenhower was unintentionally funny in his forced delivery, like a banty rooster trying to discipline and humiliate a much larger, smarter, wiser fox.Bottom line: Total waste of time. Makes me want to go watch the original again just to get this travesty out of my head.