![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Natural shortcomings are certainly there in war "epics" of this type, but there's always been that common misstep of dragging plotting's feet, and sure enough, running but a hair over two hours and three quarters, this film runs into that exact same issue, dragging repetitious ramblings and action in order to achieve a sprawling runtime with an aimlessness that is exacerbated by some somber dull spells in atmospheric storytelling. Yeah, who was involved in which WWII battle doesn't seem to be all that interesting to a lot of people, including Ken Annakin, apparently, which is fine, I suppose, seeing as how Annakin still ultimately crafted a reasonably interesting film, at least up to a point.Įven in concept, this film's intrigue is limited, because, even more so than such films of its type as, say, the particularly weighty "A Bridge Too Far", the dramatic value of this warfare is underplayed for the sake of, of all things, extensive military talk and strategizing, thus, when the action comes into play, its sense of momentum and consequence is shaken from the get-go, let alone after a while. who was by no means involved in the Battle of the Bulge, by the ways. ![]() One might find it weird that I'm randomly blurting out MacArthur's name like that, but as inaccurate as this film is, it may as well make its token historical figure character MacArthur. I don't know about you, but I would just be mad when I saw that this film was directed by Ken Annakin, because as if "The Longest Day" wasn't exhaustingly overlong enough, here's an extra almost 170 minutes for you to stick in your corncob pipe and smoke, Douglas MacArther. I love how Eisenhower came out of retirement, "just" to complain about historically inaccurate this film, although he might just be ticked off because the inaccuracies included not even featuring him in the film. or the bulge of Wallonia.ing"! Ah, yes, the battle of the bulge, one which all young men must face in public at some point in their life.Yeah, I wouldn't dignify that with a comment, either, although there were certainly some comments being placed against this Battle of the Bulge, according to Hollyweird. "We took a little bacon and we took a little beans, and we caught the blood Germans in the town. ![]()
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