by - written on 24/01/12 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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I'm never sure with war films whether they're going to impress me or whether I'm just going to find them rather repetitive and dull. There are certainly a ridiculous number of films based around war, and the period immediately following World War II produced a high volume of films based on and around it. One such film, Bridge on the ... Read the complete review
The Greatest Movie Ever Made ? (1866 words)by - written on 12/07/06 (Very useful, 272 readings)
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Bridge On The River Kwai, made in 1957, is an outstanding film, which unlike most WWII films does not chose to take sides, giving the viewer an unique insight into both the Allied and Japanese beliefs, as well as including a strong anti-war undercurrent. The story was based on a 1952 novel “La Pont de la Riviere Kwai” by Pierre Boulle ... Read the complete review
by - written on 12/07/06, updated on 13/07/06 (Very useful, 96 readings)
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MASTER DIRECTOR - AND HIS CRAFT !! THE MOVIE---------1957 BEFORE I WAS BORN. ========= The plot is in 1943 Colonel Nicholson surrender in Singapore, marches his British company into a Japanese prisoners camp in the Burma jungle ,Colonel Saito runs the camp and orders the new prisoners build a railway bridge between ... Read the complete review
by - written on 27/04/03, updated on 27/04/03 (Useful, 30 readings)
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This POW-camp WW2 drama is really the movie Alec Guinness should be remembered for. Winner of seven Oscars in 1958, including Best Actor for Guinness, it demands royal DVD treatment and that's exactly what it gets on this double-discer. Features include Apocalypse Now scribe John Milius offering "An Appreciation", ... Read the complete review
by - written on 06/12/00, updated on 06/12/00
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David Lean's brilliant adaptation of the Pierre Boulle novel is a good example of how war code and moral order must sometimes be pushed aside. Alec Guinness stars as the leader of British troops who are kidnapped by the Japanese during World War II and ordered to design and construct a bridge over the river kwai for the enemy. ... Read the complete review
by - written on 16/09/00, updated on 16/09/00 (Very useful, 53 readings)
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The Bridge on the River Kwai is my favourite World War 2 film of all time. This film was directed by David Lean and stars Alec Guinness, James Donald and Jack Hawkins, when the film was released in 1957 it won 7 academy awards including Best film, Director and Actor. Basically the film follows a group of British POW's ... Read the complete review
by - written on 12/09/00, updated on 12/09/00 (Very useful, 21 readings)
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ok, don't tell me that you have never seen the Bridge on the river Kwai? Well where have you been for the past 30-40 years at christmas? The film is about English and allied soldiers who have been taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. Heat, sun and mosquitoes , not much medical aid and the torture techniques of the ... Read the complete review
