BigJimNoFool

"600 years? 600 years that would be quite something"......Col. Nicholson likes the idea of a bridge of his building standing as monument to his psychological victory over his captor col. Saito.

Like Lawrence...it looks stunning with the jungle and prison camp both forbidding and arduous. The lush greens set off against the blue sky and a lovely sequence tracking the demo squad through huge bamboo and frolicking in waterfalls was memorable.

Overall i found it to be more enjoyable than Lawrence.... with it moving along at a better pace and a more interesting dynamic between the characters but does drag a little in places especially the 3rd act. A lovely piece of filmmaking though that i can appreciate even all these years later.

2 things were learnt over the 2.5hr! Runtime. 1. where george lucas got his ideas to bore the arse off the audience for when writing the star wars prequels and 2. where the costume design dep for The Matrix got their inspiration.

Man this was boring with very little to enjoy. Only watched it because its a David Fincher that I had previously not seen and will never, ever revisit it.

I was not expecting this to be so frank and darn right filthy, especially all those old dears! It was funny and compassionate without being overly sentimental which was my fear going in. Top marks for Alexander Payne and keeping things interesting in what could have been a pretty poor affair in lesser hands lets face it since the plot is fairly silly and also a bit dull.

I laughed, i enjoyed it and Bruce Dern is especially good to watch. Solid.