Poll
Question:
You may select ONE option.
Option 1: X This is the 1/6 match-up; please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 Tora! Tora! Tora!
votes: 6
Option 3: 6 Patton
votes: 7
And you guys have voted the way I'd hoped you would...now we get these two classic war flicks in the Championship, and I don't envy your choice. :)
Also, just a note: tomorrow's new 16-movie bracket might be delayed until the evening.
BRACKET ONE: 1 vs. 61. Tora! Tora! Tora!6. Patton
I have to go with Tora Tora Tora. Patton is a great movie but there are better ones. If it wasn't for George C Scott's epic preformance, Patton would have ended up a bit more obscure than it did.
The sequel to Patton was much more obscure, but those are good points.
Tora Tora Tora is one of the finest historical war films ever made. And I'm a stickler, I've spent my life career and a couple of degrees on history, and find very few flaws with it.
But....I voted Patton. George C. Scott delivered one of the greatest screen performances of all time. And structurally, visually, it's just a better movie. Maybe not truer and more accurate to history, but a better movie. I can't look away when either film is on the screen, but I have to give Patton it's due. Scott took over and embodied the role, to the point where I see him more than the actual historical figure. The feat of acting it takes to achieve that is simply too much for me to ignore.
Quote from: SirAndrewD on March 17, 2018, 08:46:18 PM
Tora Tora Tora is one of the finest historical war films ever made. And I'm a stickler, I've spent my life career and a couple of degrees on history, and find very few flaws with it.
But....I voted Patton. George C. Scott delivered one of the greatest screen performances of all time. And structurally, visually, it's just a better movie. Maybe not truer and more accurate to history, but a better movie. I can't look away when either film is on the screen, but I have to give Patton it's due. Scott took over and embodied the role, to the point where I see him more than the actual historical figure. The feat of acting it takes to achieve that is simply too much for me to ignore.
But, but... panzers?!?
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imfdb.org%2Fimages%2Fb%2Fbc%2FPatton_411.jpg&hash=59eda0cecd8f0d0f96d8d28fae58b919dd5faca4)
Although, funnily enough they are M48 "Patton" tanks. :D
I voted for the Longest Day. Oh, wait.
Apologies for missing on the next year's movies. I was out of my place for most of Sunday and it totally slipped by. To avoid messing with the timelines I'll wait till next Sunday for the next one, unless you guys don't care and don't mind a shorter voting timeframe for the next one.
Start'er up!
Sounds legit. O0