Has anyone actually seen this movie? - Victory at Entebbe (1976) Discussion

[–] Coolestmovies 11 years ago

You mean aside from the 13 people who reviewed it here, and the 13 people who reviewed it at Amazon, and the many others who've reviewed it around the internet?

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[–] CaptnHowndy 11 years ago

13 people isn't a lot--in fact, it is one sorry amount of people. Being that other movies on IMDb have about 1,000+ people reviewing a movie, it makes Entebbe's 13 little reviews look like *beep* and never once in my life have I seen an actual person who knew what Victory at Entebbe was.

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[–] Coolestmovies 11 years ago

VICTORY AT ENTEBBE is not the kind of movie that would garner 1000+ reviews in 2012, now is it? Be serious. And just because YOU never once in your life have seen an actual person who knew what it was, IN NO WAY means there are NO people in the world who've seen it. Don't be so myopic; the world's bigger than either you or your sphere of influence. And this OLD movie has been off the market since the days of VHS! During the time that people were writing 1000+ ONLINE reviews for movies either NEWER or CONSIDERED CLASSICS in comparison to it, VICTORY AT ENTEBBE was languishing in obscurity. THAT, coupled with the fact that it was never a huge blockbuster anyway and is rather a forgettable film, is why there's so few reviews for it. Hardly a must-see, my friend. Hell, it only recently popped up on DVD via the Warner Archive burned-on-demand service. At best, you'll be lucky if you see a handful of new reviews for it in the next DECADE!

All of which makes your POINT rather difficult to discern. You're either mocking the fact that so few people have reviewed this forgettable movie, or you honestly think it's so great that it deserves a LOT more reviews that those written by the "sorry amount" who actually bothered to watch it at all! lol

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[–] thatgirl1971 11 years ago

I've owned it on VHS for a while and just added a DVD copy of it. I just wouldn't equate the number of reviews or comments with the number who have seen it.

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[–] vantikaci 10 years ago

You actually made his argument for him by elaborating on how difficult it is to even see the film. Also I looked and looked, and the only other place it's been reviewed is Amazon. All other reviews are empty. There are no "all over the internet" reviews.

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[–] Alberto-7 10 years ago

I saw this film when it was originally broadcast in December 1976. I thought it was OK at the time but was much more impressed when Raid on Entebbe came out few weeks later. Victory has way too many schmaltzy moments and takes way too long to get to the rescue. The rescue itself is not very well filmed(and only takes a few minutes) especially if you compare it to Raid or the Israeli version, Operation Thunderbolt.

In my opinion, here are how the three films rank:

Raid on Entebbe- Easily the best of the three with a very good cast and a great rescue sequence.

Operation Thunderbolt-Good rescue sequence but a little too forced in the earlier sequences. Klaus Kinski is too over the top. Not bad overall.

Victory at Entebbe- Weak overall with a poorly shot and quite short rescue sequence.

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[–] Gary O. (997) 4 years ago

I don't think Elizabeth Taylor's over-acting did the film any good, but over all, I liked the movie.

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[–] heyteegs (1207) 4 years ago

Or that 1976 curly-fro wig Taylor wore.

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[–] Norma_Snockers 10 years ago

I saw this film at he pictures when it first came out. I only went to see it because Richard Dreyfuss was in it. I have to say - I thought the film was quite dreadful and how on earth it gets as high a rating as 6.1 on here is a mystery. Later I watched Raid on Entebbe and I have to say - that film is streets ahead of VAE.

Time flies like the wind - and fruit flies like bananas!

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[–] KSzir 10 years ago

If you are interested in seeing an even better movie about the raid there is an Israeli version: Operation Thunderbolt. I bought it from a rare, hard to find, DVD dealer. It's mostly in Hebrew, except the Germans speak English, with English subtitles. It's actually pretty good. I just re-watched it over the weekend. The DVD set I got also came with a 45 minute documentary with interviews with hostages, the French pilot and some of the commandos on another disc.

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[–] gary_overman 8 years ago

Actually, I thought both this and Raid on Entebbe were pretty good. I have both on VHS somewhere, but don't have a VHS player anymore, and I just ordered this one and Raid on DVD.

I have Operation Thunderbolt on DVD and I think that was good as well.

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[–] heyteegs (1207) 4 years ago

I just finished it for my first time. I never watched it back in the day because I always thought it was stupid to make a movie about a news event so soon after the event. But here we are and I'm on an Elizabeth Taylor binge. This movie is worse than the cheesiest disaster film out of that era. I mean Helen Hayes back on a plane - albeit with a ticket. And Linda Blair playing Elizabeth Taylor's daughter - they never meet onscreen. That blonde lady hijacker is like on coke or something. Cutaways to cameos by Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, and Elizabeth. Idi Amn!? Portrayed like this back then when he was still in power? And this was a production by the (somewhat-respected) David L. Wolper, too.

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