I watched this movie at a drive-in with my dad the week it opened I was nine years old. I remember Patton praying for the ability to destroy the wickeness of his enemies. I didn't understand it then, I do now. The Nazi's murdered more people in Auschwitz than were lost by either the Americans or British during the entire war.
One of the greatest films ever made , outstanding preformace , simply put a great movie !!! no better person than Gearge C. Scott to play Patton stellar preformace .
@bfahren I sure he would have because apparentely in real life he lacked the gravelly, commanding voice George C. Scott had and didn't enjoy public speaking (contrary to this film's memorable opening scene).
he was a legend, its a shame that the allied leaders didnt let him finish off the russians in 1945, instead we had to suffer 50 years of the cold war!!!
Among the many great lines in this movie,one of my favorites is when a clergyman remarks that he noticed a bible on George's nightstand,when asked if he ever had to time to read from it,Patton responds,'every dam day.'lol!
I will not believe it. One of america's best generals gets killed in a car accident right after the German surrender. Makes a lot of sense. Especially for a guy who WANTED to go to war with Russia. You fool. You should study history. He was assasinated by the government and the called it a car accident.
He survived the accident and would have survived same as many other neck injury patients but someone left the window open, under orders, and he caught pnuemonia and died. The story he died with his family at his bedside after being read a letter from Eisenhower promising him a new job when he recovered, was just another Eisenhower lie. Eisenhower got a lot of people killed in the war (Operation Jubilee for one, my great uncle was in) and covered it all up so he could run for the White House.
@Warpath2198 Monty cared more about his troops than his own glory, a true comander who had a flag on his tank for all the enemy to see. Patton craved victory at any cost.
there is no doubt he was a good general but not the best. the best generals were manstein, rommel and guderian followed by monty, model, wittman and zhukov.
Patton was hardly even near the hardest general in ww2. Finland had a general who personally shut down couple of dissiters during enormous battles in Karelian Peninsula Front 1944 and his division executed at least 20 dissiters in just one day. He was general Einar Vihma. But Vihma's tough action worked - he stopped panic and escaping rapidly and managed to stopped Red Army offensive and saved Finland. Right man in right time.
Actually, the most brilliant general of WW II was Erich von Manstein. Germany's generals were true fighting generals, often leading from the front. Hitler, thank God, was the one who screwed them over. Rommel would have given Patton plenty to handle in a fist fight (why this is even an issue is beyond me). Sepp Dietrich would have kicked his ass.
Overall, the finest generals of WW II were German.
I think it's past your bedtime. more German generals were killed in front line action than all other armies combined. At Normandy the German varsity was in Russia. The notion that our brave rosy cheeked American lads "saved" us from Nazi Germany is pure bullshit. The average American general was an over cautious bureaucrat, except for Patton. The Russians inflicted 75% of all German casualties. The German generals were far superior to anything we had, except for Patton.
If the entire German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS had been present in France D-Day would have never been possible. The Germans were busy with a far tougher enemy than the Americans - the Russians. And again, the most brilliant general of the past century was Erich von Manstein, who, unfortunately, is not well known. But then again, what would one expect, with the US convinced the entire world revolves around them? The Germans lost because of Hitler's arrogance and the USSR.
Right, and that's why the deception suggesting the attack would take place at Pas de Calais. Check out "Eye of the Needle" with Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan. Great movie. Great book too.
Who the hell is Joseph Dietrich? Sepp Dietrich was a brilliant, tough as nails SS general who often personally led his men into action. On D-Day, he was one of the few experienced German units present, and he led his division in a quick counterattack, killing hundreds of US soldiers and destroying dozens of US vehicles before withdrawing almost completely intact to kill thousands more Russian and American soldiers later.
Actually, Diamond, if "Sepp" is German for "Joseph", then I guess I do know who Dietrich is. I am merely pointing out some history. I agree Patton was a great man. In fact, he was the only American general the Germans respected. He wanted to rearm much of the German army and attack Russia, which would probably have brought the USSR down. With US airpower and resources and German troops it could have been done. But there is no comparison between US and German combat leadership in WW II. Sorry
This is all a lot of crap. War is shit and america wouldn't ever joined against Hitler without commercial background. Most americans seems to be brainwashed. Patton and Goebbels were the same breed. The difference was in nationality not in ideology.
WolYou, Patton and Goebbels were the same breed?? Yeah, they were both homosapiens, but that's where the similarities end. Goebbels had a Ph.D. in Literature, and worked as a bank clerk, journalist and writer before becoming a Nazi. As a Nazi, his job was to create and spread propaganda. In other words, he was a professional bullshit artist.
Patton went to West Point, and was a lifelong soldier, pure and simple. He had no tolerance or aptitude for politics, as the movie portrayed.
i also agree that Romell was the best general in ww2. He knew that the fate of Europe rested in Omaha beach before the landings!!! Patton was so good because he gave his soldiers fear, and the enemy's feared him on the field.
Bah, I think Heinz Guderian was the best general. The man developed tank doctrine and used it to great effect during the Battles of Poland and France, not to mention in Operation Barbarossa. Erwin Rommel knew tactics, indeed he did, but he did little to advance war doctrine.
I agree, but if there ever were a fist fight between Guderian and Patton, there's no doubt Patton would tear his guts out. A toast to great generals who can never use their full potential because of politicians!
Certainly! I just think that Guderian was more useful in some ways than Patton. Don't get me wrong, though: anyone who can storm France THAT quickly is one helluva general.
"Patton was one of a select few in history, whose genius, charisma, and artistic mind, exemplify the warrior-philosipher....''
Oh right. Letting the Germans escape Sicilly so he could 'liberate' an unoccupied Palermo? Beating up heroic soldiers who were suffering from shell-shock? Maybe a little ego-mania is necessary, but he traded his own men's lives for it. Read up a bit on him first.
I am sure I would have been shell shocked there and then, and I wouldn't have looked forward to Patton's 'remedy', the cure by a simpleton, a one-sided soul. So thank you, Cacadore, for your remark.
cacadore, jam it up your ass. Or take it out of your ass, which ever suits the situation you were in when you wrote that. Giving someone a little smack upside the head for being shell-shocked is understandable for someone in that time. As well, he did not allow the Germans to escape. He did all he could to cut them off. You believe too much of the few historical innaccuracies in the movie and blame us for not reading up on our history. Fuck you.
True But It MontGumery was Who change The Orignal Plan To Support His Army and So It Gave The Germans Time To Retreat To Main land Italy With Over 100000 Troops If Eishenhower Decided To Back Patton This Would Have Never Happend.
True But It MontGumery was Who change The Orignal Plan To Support His Army and So It Gave The Germans Time To Retreat To Main land Italy With Over 100000 Troops If Eishenhower Decided To Back Patton This Would Have Never Happend.
"We're not just gonna shoot the bastards, we're gonna cut out their living guts, and use them to grease the treads of our tanks!" One of the best lines of the movie! If a man could become a god, Patton would be god of war. Patton was one of a select few in history, whose genius, charisma, and artistic mind, exemplify the warrior-philosipher, the highest state of existance man has yet acheived. If only modern man would learn from his example...
"May God Have Mercy
upon my enemies, because I Won't"
General George Patton
USACLINTEASTWOOD 4 months ago
PATTON IS A BEST AMERICAN GENERAL AND THE ONLY HIM DISCOVERY THE BETRAYED AND COMPLOT OF THE SECOND WAR WORLD IS A VICTIM FOR THAT
kukrima 5 months ago
George Patton would have cleaned up Iraq and Afghanistan!!!!!!!
vikingmanMN 6 months ago
George C Scott was the best. The guy won an oscar for this role and didn't even go to collect it...said "The oscars are a meat parade". Real cool guy
garygill98 8 months ago
Patton would've loved how how they presented Monty in this movie ;)
buildingeverything 8 months ago
He's just what we need to fuck that jerk off Gaddafi !
RJM1011 11 months ago
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Here is what Patton wrote in his diary or to his wife. August 31, 1945:
"Actually, the Germans are the only decent people left in Europe. it's a choice between them and the Russians. I prefer the Germans. "
and Sempter 2, 1945:
"What we are doing is to destroy the only semi-modern state in Europe, so that Russia can swallow the whole."
tranmere789 1 year ago
Patton is my inspiration. "We're gonna go through the enemy like crap through a goose!!"
ross79745 1 year ago
PATTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HeroScaper95 1 year ago
HOLACHOCOLTEENBOSCADAIDI
TRUEMAN8919 1 year ago
Patton's a badass
corkskrewclubhouse93 1 year ago 2
@corkskrewclubhouse93 a truly good one lols
Ahamster1 1 year ago
I watched this movie at a drive-in with my dad the week it opened I was nine years old. I remember Patton praying for the ability to destroy the wickeness of his enemies. I didn't understand it then, I do now. The Nazi's murdered more people in Auschwitz than were lost by either the Americans or British during the entire war.
clintonearlwalker 1 year ago
One of the greatest films ever made , outstanding preformace , simply put a great movie !!! no better person than Gearge C. Scott to play Patton stellar preformace .
LadySierraSays 1 year ago
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I hope he was assassinated, what an asshole!
assassassassass
horusisjesus2 2 years ago
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The war would have ended earlier if only the TRANSFORMERS helped the allies hahaahahahaahahahaaha!!! lol
CopyNinja87 2 years ago
I think the real George Patton would have liked Scott´s peformance.
bfahren 2 years ago 18
Hahahaha!!! Nice one dude!!!
CopyNinja87 2 years ago
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St984 2 years ago
@bfahren I sure he would have because apparentely in real life he lacked the gravelly, commanding voice George C. Scott had and didn't enjoy public speaking (contrary to this film's memorable opening scene).
graemeoliver84 10 months ago
he was a legend, its a shame that the allied leaders didnt let him finish off the russians in 1945, instead we had to suffer 50 years of the cold war!!!
goldyn12345 2 years ago 5
Among the many great lines in this movie,one of my favorites is when a clergyman remarks that he noticed a bible on George's nightstand,when asked if he ever had to time to read from it,Patton responds,'every dam day.'lol!
Great movie.
8Anya8 2 years ago 3
Patton was assasinated. He didn't die.
larsulrich3356 2 years ago
um no, he wasn't assasinated. he was injured in a car accident and died shortly after.
Sombomombo 2 years ago
I will not believe it. One of america's best generals gets killed in a car accident right after the German surrender. Makes a lot of sense. Especially for a guy who WANTED to go to war with Russia. You fool. You should study history. He was assasinated by the government and the called it a car accident.
larsulrich3356 2 years ago 2
He survived the accident and would have survived same as many other neck injury patients but someone left the window open, under orders, and he caught pnuemonia and died. The story he died with his family at his bedside after being read a letter from Eisenhower promising him a new job when he recovered, was just another Eisenhower lie. Eisenhower got a lot of people killed in the war (Operation Jubilee for one, my great uncle was in) and covered it all up so he could run for the White House.
LinnTractorNut 2 years ago 3
I love when Patton said Monty is more concerned about not losing a battle then winning one.
Warpath2198 3 years ago 10
@Warpath2198 Monty cared more about his troops than his own glory, a true comander who had a flag on his tank for all the enemy to see. Patton craved victory at any cost.
alski695 1 year ago
Is james earl jones doing the voice over?
jackmckean 3 years ago
yeah. the word 'rebel' gives it away
junkbx3r 2 years ago
yeah right monty haha
ragnar96 3 years ago
there is no doubt he was a good general but not the best. the best generals were manstein, rommel and guderian followed by monty, model, wittman and zhukov.
boggypete17 3 years ago
i wouldnt have put monty in there, i think the allies best general was patton. the germans definitely had the best generals by far!!
goldyn12345 3 years ago
eisenhower was a helluva commander and so was macarthur, not to mention george marshall, or nimitz.
junkbx3r 3 years ago
your right,they were great commanders. i suppose its hard to say who was the greatest commander of world war two!! its just opinion!!
goldyn12345 3 years ago
Patton was hardly even near the hardest general in ww2. Finland had a general who personally shut down couple of dissiters during enormous battles in Karelian Peninsula Front 1944 and his division executed at least 20 dissiters in just one day. He was general Einar Vihma. But Vihma's tough action worked - he stopped panic and escaping rapidly and managed to stopped Red Army offensive and saved Finland. Right man in right time.
tranmere789 3 years ago
Without Patton, we'd all be speaking german.
guitarguy258456 3 years ago 2
Actually, the most brilliant general of WW II was Erich von Manstein. Germany's generals were true fighting generals, often leading from the front. Hitler, thank God, was the one who screwed them over. Rommel would have given Patton plenty to handle in a fist fight (why this is even an issue is beyond me). Sepp Dietrich would have kicked his ass.
Overall, the finest generals of WW II were German.
jstlx 3 years ago
The german generals were all a bunch of butt fucking krauts. They lost America won.
Dont be a sour kraut.
ThunderAppeal 3 years ago
ThunderAppeal
I think it's past your bedtime. more German generals were killed in front line action than all other armies combined. At Normandy the German varsity was in Russia. The notion that our brave rosy cheeked American lads "saved" us from Nazi Germany is pure bullshit. The average American general was an over cautious bureaucrat, except for Patton. The Russians inflicted 75% of all German casualties. The German generals were far superior to anything we had, except for Patton.
aerodc8 3 years ago
If the entire German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS had been present in France D-Day would have never been possible. The Germans were busy with a far tougher enemy than the Americans - the Russians. And again, the most brilliant general of the past century was Erich von Manstein, who, unfortunately, is not well known. But then again, what would one expect, with the US convinced the entire world revolves around them? The Germans lost because of Hitler's arrogance and the USSR.
aerodc8 3 years ago 2
Right, and that's why the deception suggesting the attack would take place at Pas de Calais. Check out "Eye of the Needle" with Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan. Great movie. Great book too.
anhacus 3 years ago
very well put,i totally agree von manstien was probably the best.if hitler left the war to his generals then who knows how it would have turned out?
goldyn12345 3 years ago
Don't say stuff like that when you can't prove it.
General George S. Patton was a great general with great experience in war from many other lives.
He was one of the bravest men on earth.
Josef Dietrich didn't kick Patton's ass, Patton kicked Josef Dietrich's ass.
DiamondDragonAndLove 3 years ago
Who the hell is Joseph Dietrich? Sepp Dietrich was a brilliant, tough as nails SS general who often personally led his men into action. On D-Day, he was one of the few experienced German units present, and he led his division in a quick counterattack, killing hundreds of US soldiers and destroying dozens of US vehicles before withdrawing almost completely intact to kill thousands more Russian and American soldiers later.
aerodc8 3 years ago
Your talking just seems like air when you don't know who the hell Joseph Dietrich is.
Empty talk, that's all.
DiamondDragonAndLove 3 years ago
Actually, Diamond, if "Sepp" is German for "Joseph", then I guess I do know who Dietrich is. I am merely pointing out some history. I agree Patton was a great man. In fact, he was the only American general the Germans respected. He wanted to rearm much of the German army and attack Russia, which would probably have brought the USSR down. With US airpower and resources and German troops it could have been done. But there is no comparison between US and German combat leadership in WW II. Sorry
aerodc8 3 years ago
sepp dietrich was an awesome soldier and leader,feared by his enemies!!
goldyn12345 3 years ago
Rommel's african corps got their asses handed to them by the Big Red One patton would have shit on them.
aznxwarlock 3 years ago
Actually Rommel was ultimately beaten because of sheer weight of numbers, not American military skill.
Cordially,
jstlx
aerodc8 3 years ago
This is all a lot of crap. War is shit and america wouldn't ever joined against Hitler without commercial background. Most americans seems to be brainwashed. Patton and Goebbels were the same breed. The difference was in nationality not in ideology.
WolYou 3 years ago 2
I know, they were great...
Wilnan1 3 years ago
No goebbles was a psychopath he was driven by madness much like all the high ranking krauts of WW2. Patton was driven by ego.
Two very different things.
ThunderAppeal 3 years ago
WolYou, Patton and Goebbels were the same breed?? Yeah, they were both homosapiens, but that's where the similarities end. Goebbels had a Ph.D. in Literature, and worked as a bank clerk, journalist and writer before becoming a Nazi. As a Nazi, his job was to create and spread propaganda. In other words, he was a professional bullshit artist.
Patton went to West Point, and was a lifelong soldier, pure and simple. He had no tolerance or aptitude for politics, as the movie portrayed.
BRYAN351 3 years ago
TELL ROMMEL HE CAN GO STUPE HIS FRAWLINES ARIAN BICHES AFTER IM FINNISHT WITH HIS ASS
[big red one]
THEMISTICLESS 4 years ago
Hooh Ah To That Brother.
M60A3Patton 3 years ago
i also agree that Romell was the best general in ww2. He knew that the fate of Europe rested in Omaha beach before the landings!!! Patton was so good because he gave his soldiers fear, and the enemy's feared him on the field.
PattonIRL 4 years ago 2
Bah, I think Heinz Guderian was the best general. The man developed tank doctrine and used it to great effect during the Battles of Poland and France, not to mention in Operation Barbarossa. Erwin Rommel knew tactics, indeed he did, but he did little to advance war doctrine.
jackhenry1925 4 years ago
I agree, but if there ever were a fist fight between Guderian and Patton, there's no doubt Patton would tear his guts out. A toast to great generals who can never use their full potential because of politicians!
PhilintheBlank0 3 years ago 2
Certainly! I just think that Guderian was more useful in some ways than Patton. Don't get me wrong, though: anyone who can storm France THAT quickly is one helluva general.
jackhenry1925 3 years ago
patton v rommel? i think rommel edges it,patton was a great general though. the germans had the best generals during the 2nd world war.
goldyn12345 4 years ago
HazMatMedia
"Patton was one of a select few in history, whose genius, charisma, and artistic mind, exemplify the warrior-philosipher....''
Oh right. Letting the Germans escape Sicilly so he could 'liberate' an unoccupied Palermo? Beating up heroic soldiers who were suffering from shell-shock? Maybe a little ego-mania is necessary, but he traded his own men's lives for it. Read up a bit on him first.
Cacadore 4 years ago
I am sure I would have been shell shocked there and then, and I wouldn't have looked forward to Patton's 'remedy', the cure by a simpleton, a one-sided soul. So thank you, Cacadore, for your remark.
klactv 4 years ago
cacadore, jam it up your ass. Or take it out of your ass, which ever suits the situation you were in when you wrote that. Giving someone a little smack upside the head for being shell-shocked is understandable for someone in that time. As well, he did not allow the Germans to escape. He did all he could to cut them off. You believe too much of the few historical innaccuracies in the movie and blame us for not reading up on our history. Fuck you.
jackhenry1925 4 years ago
True But It MontGumery was Who change The Orignal Plan To Support His Army and So It Gave The Germans Time To Retreat To Main land Italy With Over 100000 Troops If Eishenhower Decided To Back Patton This Would Have Never Happend.
M60A3Patton 3 years ago
Indeed. But Patton did do everything in his power to cut them off. That's my point.
"If a man does his best, then what else is there?" -George Patton
jackhenry1925 3 years ago 2
True But It MontGumery was Who change The Orignal Plan To Support His Army and So It Gave The Germans Time To Retreat To Main land Italy With Over 100000 Troops If Eishenhower Decided To Back Patton This Would Have Never Happend.
M60A3Patton 3 years ago
Correction, the other "poor bastard," lol.
Sbfenian1916 4 years ago
"The object in war is not to die for your country, but ot make the other bastard die for his country" - Gen. George S. Patton
rem2008 4 years ago
THE general
custerdivision 4 years ago 3
"We're not just gonna shoot the bastards, we're gonna cut out their living guts, and use them to grease the treads of our tanks!" One of the best lines of the movie! If a man could become a god, Patton would be god of war. Patton was one of a select few in history, whose genius, charisma, and artistic mind, exemplify the warrior-philosipher, the highest state of existance man has yet acheived. If only modern man would learn from his example...
HazMatMedia 4 years ago
heck yes! we seriously need him in place of general petrayus (sp) iraq would be done and no one in the middle east would want to touch us again!
ogblaster 4 years ago
We need more like him but not under an administration like the one we have today.
felitopingu 4 years ago
one of the best damn generals!
mxrules 4 years ago