"Patton" represents the summit of war movie. "Patton" is a great film mainly due to the outstanding performance of George C. Scott in the title role. "Patton" has one of the best music ever composed for a movie, owing to Jerry Goldsmith. And "Apocalypse Now" Francis Ford Coppola wrote the script and Franklin J. Schaffner directed it. Moreover, it is the story of an individual and a rebel who believes in action and poetry. The music is particularly relevant here with a lot of echoes which give to the movie a very mystic dimension.

What I like in the Patton character is his love for France and Germany and his dislike for Soviet Union. Patton is a patriot, a man of honour. The end is really fascinating. He is dismissed for his feelings.
Patton is too straight for modern war, he is a man from another time, a noble man from the past who believes in tradition : a Spartan. "Patton" is more than an average movie about war, it is a tragedy.
Patton is the last war hero.

It is also the last decent movie about WWII.

And "COMBAT!" is my single favourite war series with it.
Nowadays, there are no more individuals, no more heros in cinema. And that's too bad. After 1970, no movies can be as good as those in the past even if there were not perfect.

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