George S. Patton was one of the most controversial and famous general during the Second World War and his war career got adapted into a Oscar Winning film in 1970. Based on a couple of book Patton works best as a board overview of his career, from taking over the American II Corp after the American Army was humiliated during the Battle of Kasserine Pass to meeting the Soviets after Germany's surrender. Running for three hours Patton was able to cover a lot of the general's war career as he brought discipline to the American Army, well read with a knowledge of history and led from the front but got into as much conflict with generals on his own side, slapping a traumatised soldier and made controversial statements. It is a great big film that don't get made anymore and even though the film does side a bit too much with Patton on a personal level it is a strong World War II film.

Sound: Excellent environmental sound. Great use of the fanfare orchestral theme. 85/100 Technical: Very good use of montage editing emphasizing character. Excellent reenactment of the war. High quality cinematography. 90/100 Narrative: Great use of the opening monologue to set up our protagonist. Presented the historical facts well, the inaccuracies seemed minor. I have read "A Soldiers Story" by Omar Bradley and found the film made the tension between Patton and Bradley not as strong as is really was but is still was there in the film. The story arcs well; we see Patton rise, fall, rise again and retire. Good use of companion story from the German perspective also. 90/100 Acting/Character: High quality portrayal of Patton and Bradley. We see some of the tension between Patton and Bradley but more is placed between Patton and Montgomery. 95/100 Did I enjoy it: Yes, a great deal. I was kept attentive with what Patton was going to say or do next. 100/100 Artistic merit: The opening monologue is the most iconic piece of this film; added to a well crafted film give it it's power 85/100 Total score 90.8/100

Movie Review: "Patton" (1970)A multi-million U.S. Dollar picture distributed by 20th Century Fox to Best Picture winning splendors, starring George C. Scott (1927-1999) in role of a life-time as "World-War-II" (WW2) Allied-General George S. Patton (1885-1945) of the U.S. Army invading to liberate North Africa from Nationalsocialist-occupations before charging on through South-European countries of defensive, window-closing means heading straight to Berlin to shot Führer Adolf Hitler himself, when Academy-Award-winning director Franklin J. Schaffner (1920-1989) had been putting brackets on to balance his biopic-exceeding leading man by achieving an accuracy in technical visualizations of massive extreme wide-shots of panoramic landscape rolling tanks to avoid any further "Thin Red Line" traps of becoming a caricature of an hero-villain nemesis embodiment filtered by an real-life personalty, who actually died from ending a war. Screen-story written by Francis Ford Coppola with Edmund H. North (1911-1990), utilizing first-hand combat materials of opposing U.S. Army General and closest friend to Goerge S. Patton by campaigning within Allied forces in early 1940s, namely Omar N. Bradley (1893-1981), portrayed by code of honor-pleading when war-battling ruthlessness is needed secretive Hollywood legend Karl Malden (1912-2009) to extents of Patton's picture-enthrilled exposures to be only born for one purpose and one purpose only to do battle despite a witnessing audience so desperately in need of another happy ending with minds on the infamous "Vietnam War" apart, after 170 Minutes of classic Hollywood movie-making, which gets controversially-granted with a sacrifice. The pacing and forward-pushing story-line entirely-carried by naturally an Academy-Award-winning actor George C. Scott, who so widely-regarded as deeply-researched on-screen character merged with an WW2-historic figure that actor George C. Scott needed to decline his award to be restored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to this very day, out of respect to his fellow leading role competitors.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

It really doesn't get any better than this one, for realism, casting, set, costumes, scenery..........and all based on a true story. I can see why Scott won Best Actor and the film won BEST MOVIE. Epic movie in all aspects. Every person should watch this movie...... to see what the troops of England and the USA went through during WWII. My father fought in the Ardens during the Battle of the Bulge and he said the scene when Patton was marching up to get the 101st, with the heavy snow in the trees and the 88's blasting the tops of the trees off, took him right back to the heavy fighting where he was severely wounded. It was that realistic. "Patton" is one of my favorite WWII movies and a possible stopping point if it comes up in my "Recommendations" when surfing. This has a little bit of everything going for it, including great acting (Carl Malden and George C. Scott), historically accurate feel, a good bit of drama, and even some humor. "Patton" is one of the best and most honored war films of all time. (8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, 1970.)