Comments on: Pride and Glory http://iratefilms.com/reviews/film-reviews/pride-and-glory/ Viciously ruthless South Florida movie and film reviews for the average Joe. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Swift http://iratefilms.com/reviews/film-reviews/pride-and-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-5473 Swift Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:34:52 +0000 http://iratefilms.com/?p=1750#comment-5473 Yea, I am the gringo who doesn't speak Spanglish, heh. This film was truly amazing and while Voight and Emmerich gave commanding performances, I think the real Oscar should go to Jennifer Ehle who gave a very convincing performance as Emmerich's wife. I was going to give this one 4.5 stars, but wanted Aceman to give a good write up since we haven't heard from him in awhile. Before the screening we were actually given a disclaimer that some of the scenes might be too intense for women and sensitive types. None of the women around me had to fly to the exits, but I knew right away which scenes they were talking about, and I am sure this film might drum up controversy for being extreme for the sake of publicity and buzz. However, none of these scenes were out of place, and while visceral and disturbing - nothing you couldn't think of in your twisted views of our all too cruel world. This is one I would highly suggest seeing in theaters and not wait for DVD release. I think the terms ground-breaking and gripping are too commonly used, so let me say this film was ugly and passionate, drawing you in with baneful aplomb. Aint I a cunning linguist? Yea, I am the gringo who doesn’t speak Spanglish, heh. This film was truly amazing and while Voight and Emmerich gave commanding performances, I think the real Oscar should go to Jennifer Ehle who gave a very convincing performance as Emmerich’s wife. I was going to give this one 4.5 stars, but wanted Aceman to give a good write up since we haven’t heard from him in awhile.

Before the screening we were actually given a disclaimer that some of the scenes might be too intense for women and sensitive types. None of the women around me had to fly to the exits, but I knew right away which scenes they were talking about, and I am sure this film might drum up controversy for being extreme for the sake of publicity and buzz. However, none of these scenes were out of place, and while visceral and disturbing – nothing you couldn’t think of in your twisted views of our all too cruel world.

This is one I would highly suggest seeing in theaters and not wait for DVD release. I think the terms ground-breaking and gripping are too commonly used, so let me say this film was ugly and passionate, drawing you in with baneful aplomb. Aint I a cunning linguist?

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