Good movie
Have not yet seen it, is it good? As in The Great Escape, good.
share"The Bridge at Remagen" is truely a war great film. It does not have the intrigue and mystery that "The Great Escape" has, as the Americans in "Remagen" do not interact so closely with the Germans. Due to the nature of the films, there simply cannot be any comparison as to the quality of plot. Both are well written, directed and acted.
In "The Great Escape" there are no battle scenes. In "The Bridge at Remagen" there is no intrigue among American prisoners against Germans. Each film in its own way is a great film. They are incomparable.
But if you compare "The Bridge at Remagen" to "A Bridge Too Far", (similar genre, time frame & historical location), Remagen comes out way ahead. "Bridge Too Far" is too dispersed, in that it had too many subplots to tell how they were all interrelated. "Remagen" is a story of one US Army company moving toward a military target, though historically there may well have been many others and other things going on to achieve the goal.
The Bridge at Remagen is truely a fine war movie, one of the finest WW II films I have ever seen. The direction, a problem in many war films, here was actually very good. Acting was good also, but the direction of the film is noticeably good. The directing here gives credibility to the film. I give it a 9/10. The battle scenes are realistic, except for George Segals walk up to the German battlement in the last scene and the fact that Gazzara didn't wear a helmet for the entire film. Gazzara must have had some sort of clause in his contract to distinguish himself. Could have done without that.
"The Bridge at Remagen" is a story of a US Army company moving relentlessly toward a military objective, a bridge at Remagen in Germany in the closing months of WW II. The film shows realistic captures of towns & territory, glorifying the military company being portrayed.
To Roark183, Thank you for that great and detailed explaination of the movie, Bridge at Remagen. I still have not seen it yet but will do so soon! I agree that A Bridge to Far was not great. The acting and storyline were very good but the overall disjointed and at sometimes confusing plot lowered my rating of the film. Take a look at my other message board listings for these films: Day of the Jackal, **Operation daybreak (which I have not yet seen), The Eagle Has Landed (which I only gave a 4/10).
shareI don't think much of this movie. It comes nowhere close to the greatest two war movies of all time (IMHO), Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare. This movie was made in 69, past the real era of great war movies. It tried to capture the greatness of previous WWII movies but doesn't make it. I think one of the reasons is there is no main star in this movie. John Wayne and a cast of others in The Longest Day, Steve McQueen and others in The Great Escape, Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton in Where Eagles Dare, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven in Guns of Navarone. Those movies were classics - they told a great story that kept moving and didn't get bogged down in the psychological mumbo jumbo. If you're going to have an action movie, have ACTION!
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