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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