: The Patriot

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Rating:

- Beautiful-Looking DVD Highlights Powerful Story
This is "Braveheart" all over again, except instead of mid-whatever-century Scotland and England, it's the United States and the American Revolution. Mel Gibson plays a similarly-heroic person he played in Braveheart but he's still fighting the British, time time as an American patriot "Benjamin Martin."

The cinematography is a high point in this movie, with lots of pretty shots outside and inside. It's just stunning at times. Kudos to cinematographer Caleb Deschanel for a job well done. It's also a terrific audio movie with a lot of surround sound that's impressive, especially when the cannons are shot.

Yes, this is All-American flag-waving which nauseates some but makes most the U.S. citizens happy and it's certainly something one hasn't seen much in films since the 1950s.

Even though it's considered an "epic," I would like to have seen this cut down a bit from 165 minutes which is a tad long. Women beware: this gets a little bloody in parts. It's not as gory as Braveheart, but there is still a good deal of violence.

In all, a powerful story beautifully filmed.

Rating:

- The script needed a rewrite
Because it had too many sub stories that does not propel the overall plot. And the endless slooooooow mooooooootioooooon all over the place, ack! Great Bloody action throughout to give it four stars. The only thing I don't like is that they don't have an option for me to be taken to those blood soaked splattered moments to relish. Come on! You telling me you came here to learn some American History?! On a Hollyweird production?! By a tree hugging hippie director from the euro side of delusion?!!! This is like trying to get Paul Verheoven(sp) to do a period pic. All he'd do is insert nazi asides to show you how corrupt those American/Euro/Romans where in the way back past.

Rating:

- The truth is usually more entertaining than fiction!
Isaacs and Gibson both excell in this action filled movie.Unfortunately the theme of the movie was once again based on the 200 year old myth regarding the anti-hero Tavington(Banastre Tarleton)played by Jason Isaacs
Again branded as the villain Tarleton was a brilliant tactition who played the American militia at their own game and won.
Tarletons efficiency made him feared by the Americans but his tactics never reduced him to be the mind-less butcher that he is always portrayed as.
These tactics were reserved for the likes of Ben Cleveland and Light Horse Lee who were infinately more cruel but were almost always noticably absent when Tarleton was around.
In real life Tarleton died peacefully in his own bed in his 80th year and not on the end of Mel Gibsons bayonet.Pardon my soapbox but I feel that another opportunity has been missed to tell history as it was and now this movie is destined to live in the part of the bookshelf housing Grimms fairy tales etc

Rating:

- Mel Gibson's Best
The Patriot has humor, romance and action to the hilt. I watch this many times and it is always good.

Rating:

- Blu Ray Perfect for "The Patriot"
The Patriot is another very good movie by Gibson ... entertaining, good plot, action, character development, and believable acting.
Blu Ray adds greatly to this movie with superior definition, color, depth, and much better audio and soundtrack. The extended cuts in this movie are value-added.
Certain movies are good candidates for Blu Ray; this is one of them.

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