That's a lie, you never get past the first 3 minutes of a movie.
That would be World War XXX
Patton is such an amazing movie. It is a piece of work like Patton himself. It's one of those movies like Blade Runner and the better Kubrick films that I can watch a hundred times and never get tired of. Talk about goosebumps, I also get them every time I see that stunning 'weather prayer' sequence.
The ironic thing it is a great movie, one of the Classics, yet a mediocre war movie.
Of course you are correct about this, as Patton is first and foremost a military biography. That said, I think the war/action scenes in the film were usually short and sweet and served to underscore and give credibility to the story. Contrast this with that rather dull and over-talky movie about Admiral Halsey (with Cagney I think) with almost zero action. On a related note, I recall Colonel Trotter when he was doing wargame reviews for PC Gamer complaining about the unauthentic equipment in Patton. To me this was being incredibly nit-picky. Even as a kid I knew that those tanks were not WW2 tanks, but to my mind this detracted very, very little from the film, and considering how great overall the movie was, the unauthentic Spanish army hardware was a very minor complaint.
You still recall watching Patton on the Sunday movie of the week. Always have memories of watching it laying on my Great-grandparents living room floor. Speaking of that, I am going to fire up Patton this evening.
