Patton (1970) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2024-02-14 17:20:43 +0000 UTC
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It's up there. I'm more partial to Lawrence of Arabia, but it's something of a toss up.
David Anderson
2024-05-28 17:53:58 +0000 UTCRommel's most famous book ("Infantry Attacks") was published in 1937, nineteen years after he served in World War I, and a couple of years before World War II started. The book Patton was reading in the movie, "The Tank In Attack" (also called "Tank Attacks") was an unfinished book by Rommel meant to be a followup to the first one. At the time Rommel was a military instructor for Germany, so writing books like that was kind of his job.
Tenn Seven
2024-02-25 18:07:20 +0000 UTCThe cart accident was a premonition to what happened in real life. Patton was killed a few months later in a car accident in Germany. He's buried in graveyard Europe with his men .
Keith Brown
2024-02-24 02:36:04 +0000 UTCGreat reactions, Sam, and Dan! It is so easy to paint General Patton as a single-minded, egomaniacal, vainglorious, war monger. But to be honest, if one wants to win a war, a certain amount of single-mindedness is needed. Tempered with humanity, of course, else the person is just an out and out villain. Patton’s motivation was to win the war. If it meant he could gain an advantage over General Montgomery, so much the better. There was much truth in what he was saying. The Russians DID end up as one of the U.S.’s strongest adversaries. Debatable whether the U.S. should have confronted them back then. One thing is certain, the Cold War did cost lives in the various proxy wars fought between the two superpowers. As far as the Blu-Ray I purchased is concerned, it’s outstanding! The transfer is clean and crisp with a 5.1 DTS soundtrack. Doubtful I’ll upgrade if / when the movie comes out in 4K, it’s that good.
Miles E Coburn
2024-02-23 00:03:59 +0000 UTCAn interesting read is Patton's "War as I Know it" It gives you an interesting look into what went on in that guy's head
Smooticus
2024-02-21 20:49:31 +0000 UTCGlad to see The Right Stuff is on your list!
Smooticus
2024-02-21 20:41:33 +0000 UTCThank you
Lana Gorgeous
2024-02-17 15:59:12 +0000 UTCThe "warrior poet" side of Patton that Coppola highlighted in his screenplay can also be seen later in Apocalypse Now with Colonel Kurtz's love of poetry and philosophy. Before PTSD was taken seriously, many generals used poetry and meditation as their only methods of handling their own trauma's from war.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-02-16 18:45:08 +0000 UTCIt was such a great film! Oh wow, that's wild, but he certainly deserved the Oscar for that performance! Ah thank you for explaining that, we weren't sure! The Right Stuff is definitely on our list! Oh no way ahaha we're going to have to revisit the Burbs! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-16 15:55:04 +0000 UTCThe score was fantastic! Scott was also incredible, I'm so glad he received the Oscar for it! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-16 15:51:48 +0000 UTCWow, thank you for sharing that! I can't imagine what that was like and what an impact the few movies they would show would be on you! Smokey and the Bandit is definitely on our list too! It's terrible that so many had to suffer prior to it being a recognized disorder. I hope you're doing okay and you're able to get proper care. Thank you for your service! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-16 15:51:12 +0000 UTCSounds like a good plan
Smooticus
2024-02-16 15:48:35 +0000 UTCOh interesting there was another film also with George C Scott as Patton?! That would be confusing on the memory haha I loved that line in the beginning as well! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-16 15:45:35 +0000 UTCAh didn't recognize him from A Clockwork Orange! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-16 15:44:33 +0000 UTCNice! Can't wait to hear your thoughts when it arrives! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-16 15:43:47 +0000 UTCWe're just trying to get ahead on patreon so we decided to axe the schedule until we're a true week ahead and just post anything that's ready! haha -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-16 15:42:42 +0000 UTCI hope you are doing well. It's funny how some movies will get played over and over again on Armed Forces Television overseas. I spent some time helping the Air Force in Dubai and Kuwait a few years back, and it seemed like they were always playing 'Mysterious Island" (2012) with Dwayne Johnson! I wouldn't call it the greatest film ever made, but it was very entertaining!
Erwin Quiachon
2024-02-16 14:39:22 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! And I forgot how much I liked this movie, Patton may have seen himself as a simple man but his legacy is a bit more complicated, which is what is so fascinating about him, and George C. Scott's portrayal of him. Fun fact, Scott actually wrote a letter to the Academy declining the Oscar nomination, but they still voted for him. Yeah, denazification was the policy of removing prominent Nazis from positions of power, but of course in reality many Nazi scientists were sort of absorbed into both the American and Soviet scientific communities, especially once the space race began. You've seen that a little in Apollo 13, and you should definitely watch The Right Stuff some time, Werner Von Braun for instance was a leading German scientist who went on after the war to take a major part in the US space program. Also, another little fun fact, if you go back and watch The Burbs, they play little snippets from this musical score as Rumsfield's theme music as a joke, Jerry Goldsmith wrote the score for both movies.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2024-02-16 11:02:15 +0000 UTCBest war bio-pic ever made without a doubt! George C. Scott deserved the Oscar he got hands down! Jerry Goldsmith's score is an all time favorite of mine! Those beautifully echoing trumpets evoke the reincarnation theme perfectly!
Lamar Savage
2024-02-16 09:04:31 +0000 UTCThanks for a great reaction. Few others have taken on this title, so yours is a welcome addition.
David Wilkins
2024-02-16 03:58:18 +0000 UTCI am a veteran and I first saw this movie back in 1978. I was stationed in Panama and the only TV stations were either Spanish or the armed forces station. They showed this movie almost every day for a few weeks. Watching a movie like this when you are a soldier and far away from home, in a world without social media or personal computers or iPhone or even network TV is quite the experience. Oh another movie we loved that they kept playing was Smokey and The Bandit with Burnt Reynolds 1977, and you all got to check that out sometime We all absolutely loved the movie Patton and George C Scott's portrayal of Patton was incredible. He actually won the best actor Oscar in 1970. After my enlistment I went through college ROTC and returned to the army as an officer. While in ROTC I read the biography of Patton and The Last Days of Patton. Oh, something interesting, that opening speech he gave more than once and the last sentence about shoveling shit, He was speaking to an all-black unit. (https://www.thehistoryreader.com/military-history/761st-tank-battalion-pattons-panthers-quit/). Lastly, he slapped two soldiers, and they were not afraid or cowards. They were suffering from PTSD, except before Vietnam, there was not a clinical name for it. Over the course of wars, it was called different names including soldiers’ heart, battle fatigue, shell shock, but WWII hero Audie Murphy who suffered it pushed for the Veterans Administration to recognize it as a disorder so that soldiers could receive treatment. But since it was not diagnosed during WWII Patton had no idea what it was. But the bottom line is the soldiers he slapped were suffering from PTSD and anyone with PTSD and I am diagnosed with it, no amount of slapping or shaming will take it away.
Lana Gorgeous
2024-02-16 03:37:31 +0000 UTCThanks, although I'm not too enthusiastic about the quality of the movies on YouTube. Plus, when I purchase a physical copy of a movie it's mine forever. With streaming services, who knows how long the service will maintain the rights for airing.
Miles E Coburn
2024-02-15 04:02:53 +0000 UTCI like the Marvel films for the most part, but I groan whenever a new reactor I've found goes down that rabbit hole.
Donna Castellano
2024-02-15 03:53:32 +0000 UTCFunnily enough, I think in real life it was Bradley who tripped over the soldier and told him to keep sleeping—but for the movie they thought it was a better character introduction for Patton. George C Scott was a great actor all way around—a decidedly anti-war person in real life who could put his politics aside in favor of accurately portraying his character.
Warren H
2024-02-15 02:54:15 +0000 UTCDid it also show Rommel getting taken away too? I distinctly remember a scene of that happening as well.
Donna Castellano
2024-02-15 02:50:27 +0000 UTCProbably thinking of "The Last Days of Patton"...George C Scott reprising the role...
Louis Ferdinand Celine
2024-02-15 02:48:00 +0000 UTCIt's free on YouTube. I have the Blu-ray already but when I saw it was on YT, I just watched it there.
Donna Castellano
2024-02-15 02:41:43 +0000 UTCI swear I thought this movie ended showing Patton dying in the car wreck. Maybe it was in a different film. It's been a while since I've seen this one all the way through. Favorite bit will always be with the soldier on the floor near the beginning. "What're you doing down there?""Trying to get some sleep.""Well get back to it. You're the only son of a bitch around here who knows what he's trying to do."
Donna Castellano
2024-02-15 02:40:07 +0000 UTCRommel looked nothing like the actor playing him as he was balding and rounder faced. However the actor playing Montgomery was perfect in appearance and attitude. He later played basically the same character in A Clockwork Orange.
Bennett Holleman
2024-02-15 00:36:44 +0000 UTCOld enough to read and not tell anyone how old I am anymore!
Erwin Quiachon
2024-02-14 23:38:39 +0000 UTC"From what I remember "? Geez...how old are you?
Anthony Perez
2024-02-14 23:30:00 +0000 UTCFrom what I remember, General Pershing was in command of the Vila expedition and Patton was his aide. General Pershing's wife and children were killed in a house fire around that time when Pershing was away. Patton didn't want Pershing to spend the rest of his life alone, so he arranged for Pershing to start dating his sister, Nita Patton. Pershing and Nita were engaged, but never married.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-02-14 23:26:59 +0000 UTCYeah but Blackjack Pershing was just incidental. Gotta love the line..."they're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse wod carry a pearl handled pistol"
Anthony Perez
2024-02-14 23:06:18 +0000 UTCWith General Pershing!
Erwin Quiachon
2024-02-14 22:20:40 +0000 UTCLoved this reaction. Great movie even though Patton INVADED my natal country of Mexico. Patton first saw combat and gained fame chasing Pancho Villa. In response to a deadly 1916 raid by Pancho Villa in Columbus, New Mexico, President Woodrow Wilson ordered American troops across the Mexican border to capture or kill the Mexican revolutionary.
Anthony Perez
2024-02-14 22:11:33 +0000 UTCYeah, there seems to be a "bandwagon" effect for reactors. At least the ones I follow. A lot of times, when one reactor does either a movie or TV show, then other reactors seem to follow suit.
Miles E Coburn
2024-02-14 20:01:47 +0000 UTCLooking forward to watching this with y'all! I THOUGHT I already had it in my library, but alas, no. So I ordered the blu-ray today and should get it tomorrow. And no, I didn't get it simply because of your reaction to it. Like I said, I thought I already had it in my collection.
Miles E Coburn
2024-02-14 19:59:22 +0000 UTCCoppola was way ahead of his time with his screenplay in pointing out that Patton was the turning point in how wars would be won. After Patton, it was no longer good enough to win the war on the battlefield. After Patton, wars also needed to be won in the media for a clear and decisive victory. That has expanded today to the social media with the speed of the internet. It was also a turning point in handling PTSD. Patton did not notice the spike in military suicides after WW1, that's why he slapped that soldier. Eisenhower was very sensitive to that spike in military suicides and ahead of how society would care for PTSD after WW2 and all wars after that.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-02-14 19:58:04 +0000 UTCWow. I didn't realize you guys were watching this this week
Smooticus
2024-02-14 19:36:07 +0000 UTCRefreshing that a movie that hasn't been oversaturated with reactions wins a poll. Looking forward to JFK as well.
Richard
2024-02-14 19:00:59 +0000 UTCWow!!! George C. Scott's greatest performance!!! He won the Oscar for it!
Chris Bruneau
2024-02-14 18:23:26 +0000 UTCAgreed! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-14 18:01:20 +0000 UTCwow, that's crazy! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-14 18:01:10 +0000 UTCGeorge C Scott is brilliant in this movie. What a fascinating character Patton was. So complex and driven.
Athos Count de la Fère
2024-02-14 17:58:58 +0000 UTCSo excited to watch this tonight!
Catherine LW
2024-02-14 17:49:50 +0000 UTCFrancis Ford Coppola won his first Oscar for writing the screenplay for Patton. Coppola didn't receive hat Oscar win until after he started directing the Godfather and it prevented Coppola from being fired during the production of that film. I would rank his screenplay for Patton with The Godfather Part 3 screenplay as his best ever for being way ahead of their time. Coppola was fired after he handed in the screenplay for Patton because it was so weird to the studio executives. That's similar to how people are only now starting to realize how brilliant the screenplay to Part 3 over the last 25 years. Coppola has said that the stuff you get attacked for and fired for when you're young is the stuff they will give you lifetime achievement awards for at the end of your life.
Erwin Quiachon
2024-02-14 17:45:16 +0000 UTCThis is a great movie, can’t wait to watch your reactions. I don’t think anyone has done this before, I could be wrong but I’m glad you two are doing it.
FWPJR.
2024-02-14 17:37:36 +0000 UTC
