Best movie of this year hands down!

Good movie but grossly overrated

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

A Masterpiece!

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. I liked 'The Great Escape' way better when it was called 'Victory' and starred Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Man Von Sydow cause this version was just awful and of course i'm kidding by the way but this movie was completely pure garbage and just very and i mean very long and boring to the point where even the great actors that starred to it seemed lost and full of despair but don't worry there's always the better version remember? (0/10)

I enjoy this film and the excellent acting every time I see it. I never had looked up the cast list before as the main characters comprised an all-star cast. I must say I am a bit disappointed that the extras in the film were not given credit, and I mean mostly the two Frenchman operating the café, the three German officers who are the targeted customers, and the three French Resistance members who machine-gun the Germans in the drive-by shooting. I would appreciate having the names of these actors added to the cast list because this scene is a favorite of many viewers. As the two café workers appear to be the youngest actors in the film, it would be interesting to know if they still are alive.

I have to say, I understand that James Coburn is supposed to be the token Australian. This is despite the book being written by an Australian, Paul Brickhill. His Australian Accent has to be the worst in History...! That is saying a lot, because I do not know how it is difficult, for American Actors have such difficult with our accent, when it is easy for Aussies to play Americans!

The Great Escape is one of those films that you could watch time and time again and still love even more with each viewing. Imagine a movie where you would put all the greatest movie stars of their Era in. That's exactly what they did here! The Great Escape is, in my mind, the greatest War movie of all Time. Add to the stellar cast, a score by Legendary Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein and there you have one of the greatest War movie themes of all Time. A theme with a tune so catchy, so memorable that you might find yourself humming and whistling it as you go through your day. The Great Escape is basically the story of POW during War time in their Nazi detention camp. And what are, not just POW but the best POW, up to in their enemy detention camp? They plan their escape. An escape so ingenious that it involves digging three tunnels at the same time underneath and through their camp to the wood outside. In the main role we have Hollywood Legend, Steve McQueen as Lieutenant Virgil Hilts, a hot shot American pilot who has only one idea in his head, escaping! One of the most interesting scene for me was at the end, when Hilts, recaptured again, is about to be put back in his cell inside the cooler. There you have a German guard ready to put our hero, who incidentally is the personification of the perfect Aryan (according to Hitler), blue eyed and blond hairs, into his cell. As the guard closes the door and walks away from Hilts'cell, he hears the noise of Hilts' baseball bouncing off the walls, back and forth into Hilts' baseball glove. He pauses for an instant as if to ponder whether what he is doing to the embodiment of the perfect German specimen is wrong. He lowers his head, then walks away with his head held down as if to convey that he realizes that what he is doing is indeed wrong and that he could never break Hilts' strong spirit. I highly recommend this all time Classic for all, a masterpiece!