tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post9102617261859561655..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: ANTIQUE or CLASSIC?: The Purple Plain (1954)War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-39063295188097364872016-07-18T20:55:38.828-05:002016-07-18T20:55:38.828-05:00Thanks for your comments.Thanks for your comments.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-80550117968938666292016-07-17T19:01:36.470-05:002016-07-17T19:01:36.470-05:00I refer to this movie as 'a technicolour dream...I refer to this movie as 'a technicolour dream', the vibrant colours of the movie being one of its biggest stars and selling points. I find that it is more of a love story than a war story even though it has an extremely well-balanced plot which can not be regarded in any way as being overly sentimental or 'mushy', the latter being a common complaint (mostly from male viewers) about a number of more recent war movies (e.g. Pearl Harbor) with that type of subject matter. <br />Unquestionably it is not the type of movie we are likely to ever see made again--unfortunately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-58470893895525320582016-07-12T05:02:00.623-05:002016-07-12T05:02:00.623-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.IFD-FANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03073433596211466189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-78909937456368872212016-07-12T05:01:31.781-05:002016-07-12T05:01:31.781-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.IFD-FANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03073433596211466189noreply@blogger.com