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Rating:  - The Ultimate Guy Flick
Saw this movie when it first came out and bought it on VHS and then DVD so I've watched it quite a few times. Sure would be interesting to find out how it came to be made right in the middle of the Vietnam conflict - with no typical Hollywood political message that I can discern. It's like as if a bunch of old school he-man actors got together over beers one night and suddenly declared, "Hey guys! Let's make a war movie!" You can tell these guys are having a great time. The whole "band of brothers" kind of bonding. But there is one thing that makes this movie special and unique in the annals of moviemaking, and it took me several viewings to suddenly go "aha!" And that is, no woman has a speaking part in the narrative. (Unless I missed something, and not counting the crowd scene) Now how did that happen? A war flick with no females? Just a bunch of guys with guns? No worried mothers or abandoned girlfriends or weeping widows or "Hotlips Hoolihan" nurses or local girls on the prowl for nylon stockings and Hershey bars? Just Clint and the boys killing Nazis and having a grand old time in the process? What's up with that? Of course a film like this could never be made again. And that is what makes it The Ultimate Guy Flick.
Rating: - "It's a beautiful bridge... and it will be there."
This is a great movie. Hard to take seriously, but a great movie. A recon unit finds out about a secret shipment of Nazi gold just waiting to be taken... if they can just get to it!
Kelly is the mastermind of plan. Oddball is the tank driver who does dog imitations. Big Joe leads the grunts. And Don Rickles plays a smart-aleck supply sergeant. Who could ask for more?
Did I mention that Carroll O'Conner plays a very Archie Bunker-like general? He calls the enemy commander a "loser." "Hell, I even got one of his broads around here somewhere!"
You gotta see this if you haven't already.
Rating: - Kelly's Heroes
I just wanted to add a review that says I thoroughly enjoy this movie. Yes, it has an improbable plot. And yes, there are several "flaws" in this movie. But, hey, it's entertaining and funny. One can sit down and watch this movie time and again and pick up little subleties that amuse and keep the viewer engaged. These's never a dull moment and the acting is first class. Each character is a believable cariacture of somebody who knows somebody who served in the military. It has subtle irony in that personal greed led a group of misfits to extend the attack well behind German lines while the rest of the army is alledgedly bottled up in stalemate. A bunch of horny soldiers who have no access to a town take on the next best thing, rob a German bank. On a side note, Don Rickles is at his best in his character "Crapgame."
Rating: - oldies DVD's war stories is great
I have wanted this movie for a long time and found it on amazon. I am so happy to have found it. Love watching it as much as I like... thanks
Rating: - Inspired Madness - with a ring of truth
Others (many others) have described why this movie is a keeper, so here's my 2 cents plain: Sutherland's stoned tank commander, O'Connor's glory-hound general, Rickles' wheeler-dealer: the major and minor characters that could be and were thrown together in war, combined with the very real situations they encounter, make this film believable - sceptics notwithstanding - and more than just a major war comedy. It has enough of 'the ring of truth' about it that I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it DID happen...
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