From Here to Eternity falls (for me anyway) into the category of "Good, Not Great." Don't get me wrong, I like this movie a lot, but I think it is pretty overrated. I don't think it was anywhere near good enough to receive the eight Oscars that it did. But let's talk about what I do like about the film, shall we?
Let's get this across: Frank Sinatra and Donna Reed both deserved the Academy Awards for their roles, so it was good that they won. Also, the emotional impact of this film is fantastic. I won't give anything away, but at one point, a character is thought to be the enemy, when in fact he was just trying to defeat the enemy himself. That event results in his death. I think the war scenes of this movie (there are only a few) are pretty good, but not fantastic. I do, however, believe that this is the best film ever to be made about the attack on Pearl Harbor and should be watched by any war movie fan.
From Here to Eternity - 3 out of 4
-Ben
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