re: Patton is one of the great war and biopic films ever produced.

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Amazing that during our nation's greatest anti-war movement, we enjoyed one of the greatest war films ever made.

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Few pay any attention to that. The director did the entire opening Patton monologue with that issue in mind.
The oversized American flag. The larger than life General bedazzling with more medals than Mark Spitz. The fiercely militant patriotic speech.

All were combined to grab the audience, drag them into the man and the film by transcending audience allegiances, patriotic feelings, political opinions, and beliefs about Vietnam.

It was brilliant and staged, written, directed, and acted flawlessly. No matter where you were on the political spectrum, whether you hated men like Patton or admired them, you were fully engaged to watch and appreciate the film.