Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
sergelamarche Not sure what is the point of the story. It is strange and complex. Germans are the top bad but few characters are all bad or all good. There are resistants, italian town with a lovely one, boy rescued, and plenty of murders, and one massacre. Some of it rings true but a lot of the story seems off, like a strange dream.
SnoopyStyle It's Christmas 1983 New York. Postal worker Hector Negron shoots a customer. Police finds the missing Primavera from Santa Trinita, a statute head from a bridge. Reporter Tim Boyle proclaims him the Marble Head Murderer. Flashback to Tuscany 1944. The 92nd Infantry Division Buffalo Soldiers are advancing across a river. The racist Captain Nokes dismisses his own troops' transmission and shells them. Sam Train carries the marble head for good luck. He and Bishop Cummings makes it across the river. They rescue an Italian boy. Later, they are ed by Hector and Aubrey Stamps. The four men and boy reach the town of St. Anna. Meanwhile, Germans are gathering threatening a counter offensive.The James McBride material may have too many elements and too many twists to be filmed. Somebody else should have adapted it. This needs a lot of simplifying and to get rid some of the clunkier stuff. I hate that the black troops are talking loudly as they try to sneak across an open field. I hate that two black guys find a way to fight over a woman no matter where they are. I hate that nobody throws a grenade in the final battle. The first half is fine but I couldn't understand why they move away from their own lines. The geography needs to be clarified for the audience. Initially, the partisans are as confusing as hell. There are some odd moments. The action is done well but too many times, people jump out into the open to die in the old war action ways. I can't figure out how much of the problems are Spike Lee's fault. The movie looks good. It's the sprawling, complicated script that is mostly to blame.
Daniel Broggi Ciardullo It is really sad that very few people enjoyed this movie. I've just watched it and was quite amazed. The first scene in the post office was just outstanding, it got me right away. The camera was quite different from what you see in the USA normally, perhaps RAI has something to do with it. But the greatest thing about the movie were the characters. Some might say they were overacting, I say they portrayed people at war. It reminded me of For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Hemingway. I know the book is set in the Spanish Civil War instead of the Italian WW2 campaign, but the tone was quite similar in some ways. They both deal with the partisan fight, prejudice, the dehumanizing face of war and even the incredible capacity some people have to resist the war impetus to transform us into monsters. Very ionate, very human, very good!
Miguel Russo I love good movies and this one is at the very top of my best ones. I can't believe how it is ranked so low. I read some reviews that criticized the director about racism but i believe that the people that say that they actually be the ones that may be "guilty" in some part... The fact that someone show a reminder about bad things doesn't mean that they can possible be bad themselves, the same thing goes on the other way around..., by the way, it isn't for this that good movies are made for?Very beautiful history, excellent actors and acting, movie picture, movie direction with backwards. Amazing. All stars, for this one.
