"Patton" - The forgotten gem in my collection

Nathan*W · 03-29-2003, 09:08 AM

I had picked up the 2-disc set when I heard it was going out of print. WOW what a good film. George C. Scott rocked! I can totally see why it won 8 Oscars including best picture.

Patton directing trucks and tanks like a traffic cop - priceless.

Dome Vongvises · 03-29-2003, 07:51 PM

See my YMDB top 20.

And that's one nice sig you got there.

Ben Osborne · 03-30-2003, 01:10 AM

Patton is my favorite movie, although I haven't watched the DVD in a while, and I haven't seen the sequel, "The Last Days of Patton." Amazon.com lists that DVD for $3.99. How can that be?

ArmandV · 03-30-2003, 02:27 PM

The Last Days of Patton was a tv movie, not a major theatrical production. It wasn't that good a film anyway.

Louis Cornell · 03-30-2003, 05:10 PM

Another great quote from Patton:

"Hell, I wish I had kissed the sonofabitch" - Patton, referring to the soldier he slapped and paid a political price for.

That soundtrack music stays with you days after watching!

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Cees Alons · 03-30-2003, 06:48 PM

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The Last Days of Patton .... wasn't that good a film anyway.

But a must for the true fan. You simply need both. And George C. Scott is Patton again!

Cees

Eman_Ramos · 03-31-2003, 03:50 PM

Wow how funny...

I just saw this movie yesterday. It was very well done. Some of the battles scenes are just amazing.

RobertR · 03-31-2003, 04:05 PM

Great film. Scott's performance has to rank as one of the very best ever. I saw it at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences theater. Karl Malden was on hand to talk about the film.

Nathan*W · 03-31-2003, 07:56 PM

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Karl Malden was on hand to talk about the film.

Do you remember what he had to say?

Joseph Bolus · 04-01-2003, 05:22 PM

I love the movie, but the DVD transfer suffers from some major edge halos.

Sure wish FOX would totally remaster and re-release this movie along with The Sound of Music (another early FOX DVD effort that's plagued with edge halos.)

Great movie, though!

"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."