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Sergeant York (1941)
sorry, but this "movie" has not withstood...
unlike Casablanca and King Kong and the Wizard of Oz, Sergeant York has simply not withstood the test of time. Cinematically, the film is average at best and carries no replay value whatsoever. The extreme level of patriotism injected into the storyline almost guarantees that lame clichés are coming around every corner. And who cares about the man's bleak existence in backwoods Tennessee?!?! Sure, I love a good biopic (Capote, Chariots of Fire, Michael Collins...) but there has to be SOME drama or suspense or black comedy somewhere in the plot. Instead, we get a stiff Gary Cooper and a bunch of sugarcoated G-rated bull crap. I'll give it a 6/10 because that last scene where York snipes a billion Germans is okay, but the rest of this project gets a 4. Not recommended viewing for people who like to stay awake while watching TV