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2nd Time Around

ByDallas W. Robertson Jr.on September 25, 2015

When I first started reading in honest, I was in the army (had to do something while standing in line). I read Cornelius Ryan's "The Longest Day" because I had seen the movie. I was surprised that the book seemed somewhat better than the movie. So, I next found "A Bridge Too Far" and enjoyed that as well. When the movie came out, I naturally wanted to see it. I was especially interested in how the movie handled the parachute drop. I was not disappointed. The actors were very good for their parts (especially Sean Connery for the commander of the British Paratroop Group. I always believed that Montgomery was lucky that he appeared on the scene when he did, that he was vain, and was not that skilled as a planner, which the movie brought out, and that he was surrounded by "yes" men, which the movie also brought out. To me, however, the biggest plus of the movie was that it achieved Ryan's ability to bring forth the individuals comprising the event.

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Fans of WWII movies will really like this one

ByJ. Gilberton March 31, 2015

Fans of WWII movies will really like this one. It's a classic 1970's blockbuster that may feel a bit dated in 2015. The movie is full of the stars of the day (Robert Redford, James Caan, Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal), but also true cinema greats like Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier and Maximilian Schell (who is mesmerizing). It's amusing how bad Ryan O'Neal's acting is and how strange Gene Hackman is playing a Polish general.

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Love this movie

ByRon Nicolason September 13, 2017

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Love this movie. The cast is phenomenal, and the movie does an amazing job of capturing the feel of the battle, and the politics surrounding it. It does an equally good job of showing the horrors of the battle, and the bravery of the soldiers who fought it without overly glorifying. I've watched this film dozens of times over the years. The first time I saw it was the week it came out. A friend of mine and I rode our bicycles to go see it when I was 11. Six and a half years later I made my first jump at the US Army Airborne School, and was eventually assigned to the 82nd. This film was firmly in my head the first time I landed on the Nijmegen DZ on Ft. Bragg during a night tac jump.

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best war movie there is

ByMiguel Contrerason September 12, 2017

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hands down.

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Five Stars

ByRobert Pattersonon September 4, 2017

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I love old movies. I recommend this movie

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I just had to look, having read the book

ByMarvin Hamptonon September 3, 2017

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Such a '70's movie! Anti-war intro and anti-war final scene . . . tacked on when test audience found it too war-glorifying? Not that I think war should be glorified . . . such an obvious shift from the tone of the movie itself, though. Having read the book helps, I suppose, in following the plot, as so many events are pushed into what is basically a 2 1/2 hour movie. And the soundtrack is often inappropriate and obnoxious (to my ears, ymmv). With caveats, worth seeing if you like this sort of thing.
I anticipate the day when editable files of movies are (legally) available, The soundtrack could be so much better . . .

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