dan_ryan

Old Ridley has gone to this well once too often. Great action, great special affects, but weak plot and acting. I'm glad I didn't pay money for this beyond a Amazon Prime membership. Well, Jeff want more letters. Do more letters = more money in his pocket?? This will be my last review with the current size minimum. Denzel must have had a nice payday to act in this clap trap nonsense. And the guys playing Cesar and his gay friend better have been paid well because they will not act again after this portrayal. Another 86 required. I wonder what Russell Crowe thinks about this? Where is Spartacus when you need him?

Great acting and great writing. James Michner was a national treasure. What I was able to find out about him is that he moved up pretty fast in the Navy because his name was very similar to Admiral "Pete" Mitscher, a noted figure in WWII naval aviation and many officers assumed he was the admiral's son.

Those films of the 1950's & 1960's didn't have the fancy CGI that are used today like in "Topgun" and "Maverick", but they made up for it with superior substance, directing and acting.

This was not William Holden's most famous movie, but it is one of my favorites. And this was one of the last films made by Grace Kelly before she became Princess Grace of Monaco. Talent by the score!

A bit of trivia, my mother was enrolled at Texas Women's College when this movies was filmed. Many Texas Women's College girls appeared in the dance scene in Sbisa, but because the female lead was wearing a light colored dress and all the girls in lighter colors were left out and they had to remove their shoes to not interfere with the sound recording.

And it wasn't Victor Mature claiming it was his worst film on Johnny Carson Tonight Show. Noah Beery would go on to star in the Rockford Files. I forget what the deal with the Japanese was. I personally like the remake with Robert DeNiro better even tough I can't stand him as a person.