tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501835097823700155.post548260128200813194..comments2024-01-08T00:11:23.047-06:00Comments on The Ludovico Technique: A Film Blog: WWII #13: The Guns of Navarone (1961)Chase Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969868987204703561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501835097823700155.post-31004054779170894062010-06-09T22:22:46.859-05:002010-06-09T22:22:46.859-05:00I really didn't find a whole lot of cheese in ...I really didn't find a whole lot of cheese in it outside of the closing shot and the wayward romance between Anthony Quinn and Maria, the native rebel.<br /><br />On the whole, it's actually very frank about the nature and futility of war while (admittedly) still glamorizing it when given the chance. (I don't think there are many heroes in big-budget Hollywood that do what Gregory Chase Kahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969868987204703561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501835097823700155.post-90294252439092587772010-06-09T16:47:27.407-05:002010-06-09T16:47:27.407-05:00One of the things that sort of bugged me about the...One of the things that sort of bugged me about the movie is that it felt very laced in Hollywood cheese. I've always preferred my war films more gritty. As the movie develops and its over the top plot becomes a bit more grounded in characters, and action, with some hints of messages on the brutality of war. <br /><br />Still, a whole lot fun and entertainment :)Univarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01437654003558435749noreply@blogger.com