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Less than meets the eye
This movie, which I viewed 25 years ago, does not age well. While the tension between the generals is effectively portrayed, there are too many hokey elements to the actual sets. Perhaps I am wrong and some European reader could correct me, but I find it hard, in the middle of the war, with prior bombing raids, to believe that the streets of the Holland town were immaculately clean. There is too much waiting around in this movie and not enough actual portrayal of action. Too many of the officers trapped in the town escape for me to regard the movie as realistic. And would a British general have gone that far forward--I know the real Sean Connery would have but a real British general?????????

A long epic
2,000 men out of 10,000 survived in the charge for the five bridge. "I alway thought, we went one bridge too far". The movie is heavy with carnage, death, and civilian habitat destruction and decimation. The generals knew the campaign would be lost, if they did not keep schedule. Difficulties arose in logistics, defensive support, and interference by German Panzer divisions.

The movie is worth seeing, but don't expect alot of humour. The movie theme is very similiar to the movie "Patton" with its historical action direction. This movie is about a desparate attempt to establish a glorious "D-day" invasion by capture five key bridges. "Men die in war" was the cold calculated statement, as the Generals abandoned support for the fifth bridge. A cold cynical look at risk and lose in war.

One of the best war movies
I you are interested in fact based movies, this is a must see. This movie brings out the gritty truth behind one of the largest operations in the WWII. It does a very good job of showing the relationships between the men on both sides.

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