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The Patriot (Extended Cut) [Blu-ray] starring: René Auberjonois, Adam Baldwin, Chris Cooper, Jason Isaacs, Tchéky Karyo List Price: $28.95 Childrens Bookshop Price: $14.99 You Save: $13.96 (48%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396167186 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Columbia Pictures Manufacturer: Columbia Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Columbia Pictures Release Date: July 03, 2007 Running Time: 174 minutes Studio: Columbia Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Sales Rank: 1236 MPN: COLBR16718 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: In 1776 South Carolina, widower and legendary war hero Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) finds himself thrust into the midst of the American Revolutionary War as he helplessly watches his family torn apart by the savage forces of the British Redcoats. Unable to remain silent, he recruits a band of reluctant volunteers, including his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), to take up arms against the British. Fighting to protect his family's freedom and his country's independence, Martin discovers the pain of betrayal, the redemption of revenge and the passion of love. Amazon.com: Aimed directly at a mainstream audience, The Patriot qualifies as respectable entertainment, but anyone expecting a definitive drama about the American Revolution should look elsewhere. Rising above the blatant crowd pleasing of Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla, director Roland Emmerich crafts a marvelous re-creation of South Carolina in the late 1770s (aided immeasurably by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel), and Robert Rodat's screenplay offers the same balance of epic scale and emotional urgency that elevated his earlier script for Saving Private Ryan. Unfortunately, Emmerich embraces clichés and hackneyed melodrama that a more gifted director would have avoided. Instead of attempting a truly great film about the most pivotal years of American history, Emmerich settles for a standard revenge plot with the Revolutionary War as an incidental backdrop. On those terms, the film is engrossing and sufficiently intelligent, especially when militia leader Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) cagily negotiates with British General Cornwallis (Tom Wilkinson) in one of the most rewarding scenes. For the most part, the story concerns Martin's anguished quest for revenge against ruthless redcoat Colonel Tavington (played with snide relish by Jason Isaacs), and the rise to manhood of Martin's eldest son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), whose battlefield honor exceeds even that of his brutally volatile father. At its best, The Patriot conveys the horror of war among innocent civilians, and the epic battle scenes, while by no means masterful, are graphically intense and impressive. And although Ledger's love interest (Lisa Brenner) is too bland to register much emotion, the focus on family (which frequently relegates the war to background history) provides a suitable vehicle for Gibson, who matches his achievement in Braveheart with an effectively brooding performance. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Childish"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." -Samuel Johnson "Democracy is messy." -Donald Rumsfeld This movie is childish. I don't mean it's a children's movie. I mean it is conceived at the mental and emotional level of a twelve-year-old boy and meant to be enjoyed by adults. That doesn't bother me. Almost all blockbusters are. What bothers me is how Emmerich, Gibson & co. presume to use one of the most important events in the history of mankind ... Read More: Rating:  - The Patriot......Wherein a German filmmaker by the name of Roland Emerich makes a movie where evil British Redcoats commit a vile atrocity against American freedom fighters... an atrocity that in reality was perpetrated by German troops against French villagers in WWII. Nice one Roland. What are you going to do next - make a film where the British gas 12 million people in Auschwitz before the plucky German freedom fighters come to the rescue? Rating:  - Thank You Mel GibsonAmidst the steady stream of disgusting, vulgar, and /or western civilization-bashing crap that flows like a sewer from our Left Coast, we get a little reminder every once in awhile that the United States is not completely the Great Satan. We do have a redeeming quality or two. Thank God for a generation that didn't bow the knee to British oppression and tyranny. (Anyone who thinks the British were righteous during that period probably also thinks that Islam is a religion of peace.) Today we are the ... Read More: Rating: - Could it be time for another revolutionExcellent movie and acting, Story superb if you can overlook hollywood political correctness recreating history Rating: - Never get tired of this one!Always a late bloomer, I discover things after they've been out for a while - that's just my way. I finally rented this flick and watched it the whole way through...and it's great! I really loved it! There is alittle bit of everything in it - for men and women. There's war, romance - and it keeps you interested the whole time. Trying to watch all of Heath Ledger's work since his death - I'm so glad I saw this. This was definately Mel Gibson's movie (and he was great too) but Heath held his own as Mel's ... Read More: |
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