From Here to Eternity - 1953

This movie was nominated for 12 Oscars and took home 8. I repeat 8 Oscars. I just had to see what the big fuss was. For starters they sparred no expense on getting some big names from that time period- Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Donna Reed, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, and Jack Warden are all actors you have seen in other films. Lancaster is good in every film I have seen him in. The attack of Pearl Harbor doesn't happen until the last 5 minutes of the movie- and really that is not what the movie is even about- just an afterthought. The movie is about real people's lives- Private Maggio played by Sinatra, Private Prewitt played by Clift and Sgt. Warden played by Lancaster. Those are the 3 main stories of the film- we learn about those individuals and how they struggle with everyday life. Of course it is a romance movie as well, and I fell the director did a good job balancing that with the real theme of those three people's daily lives. 3 stars for me. That may be a stretch but I did like the uniqueness of this movie- it was different than others from the 1950's. If it came out today it would be rated PG.