{"id":79600,"date":"2024-07-04T10:07:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=79600"},"modified":"2024-07-03T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:08:32","slug":"off-the-shelf-reviews-patton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=79600","title":{"rendered":"Off The Shelf Reviews: “Patton”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By CONNOR KEATING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well since it\u2019s the fourth of July, I\u2019ve decided to review something patriotic, and what\u2019s more American than a good ol\u2019 fashion war movie? And the film I\u2019ve decided to go with is the 1970 film, \u201cPatton.\u201d Truth be told, this is the first time I\u2019ve seen the film. It was pretty much a blind buy. I was at Game On buying \u201cKelly\u2019s Heroes,\u201d a film I had recently rented on Amazon Prime and really enjoyed, so I bought it on DVD for less than the digital rental price, and right next to it on the shelf was \u201cPatton.\u201d I didn\u2019t know much about the film or its namesake. I simply knew that Patton was one of the US\u2019s main generals during WWII, so I gave the film a shot.<\/p>\n\n\n

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General Patton and General Bradley during Operation Cobra.
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The film follows General George Patton through his time during WWII. A loud mouthed man obsessed with battle who believes he is the reincarnation of warriors who fought in many historical battles. He\u2019s a master tactician, however his mouth and his pride often gets him in trouble, and he has to learn to control them if he wants to see this war all the way through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the movie is a biographical film, it\u2019s a little harder to be critical of the story since it\u2019s history, can\u2019t really change the story too much. However I feel that one of the film\u2019s main issues is its pacing. Despite the film’s runtime of 170 minutes, it still feels like it rushes through much of the war. One moment Patton has just landed in Africa and has seen his first battle of the war, the next moment they\u2019re planning the invasion of Sicily, then suddenly it\u2019s D-Day and Patton is forced to sit the invasion out, and what feels like five seconds later he\u2019s being asked to help out in Operation Cobra, then we\u2019re at the Battle of the Bulge, and then the next scene the Nazis have surrendered. A number of the major events get brushed over and it can make trying to follow the war pretty tough. I kind of wish we got some scenes linking certain events together, even a newsreel of the D-Day landing might have helped stitch certain scenes together better.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So where does that run time go? Well much of it of course goes to General Patton himself. One of the things that I like about the film is that they don’t really hype Patton up too much. Sure he\u2019s the protagonist and all, but the film doesn\u2019t shy away from showing him doing something terrible or saying something crass. The real straight man of the film is General Omar Bradley, who\u2019s far more level headed and while he respects Patton\u2019s battle prowess, he despises his orneriness and ego. These two play off each other well and help to keep many of the slower scenes interesting. Patton himself is acted quite well and the performance really sells it. There are many great scenes of him shouting at the soldier\u2019s under his command and calmly but rudely addressing the other generals. As the title suggests, General Patton is the star of the show here. He\u2019s one of those characters that you should hate, but there\u2019s something about him that makes him fun, almost charming, and I think this is most well shown off near the end when a Russian general asks to have a toast with Patton, but it doesn\u2019t go quite as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patton confronts his British rival General Montgomery.
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The German army marches through the heat of north Africa.
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Since it\u2019s a war movie, you expect there to be some battles and \u201cPatton\u201d does not disappoint. The film has a number of large scale tank and infantry battles all throughout. Some of these battles are fought over fairly lengthy scenes, while a few are fairly brief, but all of them deliver on the explosive and exciting action. Honestly my only real complaint is that all the tanks in the films are post WWII era, and the Germans are ironically driving M47 Pattons with black and white crosses slapped on the sides. It can be a bit distracting if you know your tanks, but I\u2019m sure most people won\u2019t know or care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, \u201cPatton\u201d is a solid war movie. I think your enjoyment of the film is definitely determined by how much you end up liking this Patton guy, or at least enjoy him being on screen. While the battles can be exciting, they are spread far throughout the film. Ultimately this film feels like it\u2019s the type to primarily appeal to those interested in US history and or WWII history. I give this film seven \u201c\u2018Godzilla 2000\u2019 references\u201d out of ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connor Keating is an old-school movie fan, particularly Japanese monster movies, and is an avid DVD collector.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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