The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)'s comments

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Earring72

Classic WW2 Drama. Well acted and full of powerful moments

1 month 2 weeks ago

deckard.

incredibly overrated. nothing worth of interest here at all.

1 year 9 months ago

kurvduam

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7 years 7 months ago

Malandabslov

The ending of this movie is perfect.

7 years 10 months ago

Dodo199999

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8 years 2 months ago

A really enjoyable film. Doesn't feel like a 2hrs 41mins movie, runs quickly and is full of interesting scenes. Builds to a very satisfying climax. Glad I didn't read up on it beforehand and just went in blind.

8 years 6 months ago

The Tramp

Jolly good!

8 years 7 months ago

SabrinaN

"You're a fine doctor, Clipton, but you've a lot to learn about the army." So true. Excellent film.

9 years 4 months ago

DisneyStitch

Kwai is an absolute masterpiece. What is perhaps the movie's strongest point are the visceral portrayals of so many characters that are busting at the seams with their own motivations and idiosyncrasies. Possibly at the core of the tangled moral web is Colonel Nicholson. Is he insane? Is he a traitor? Does he truly care for his men? The answer is seemingly obvious and yet totally shrouded at the exact same time. This is probably the only 150+ minute movie I've ever watched where I don't notice the time at all. It's just brilliant and enthralling filmmaking.

All of the movie's characters give solid portrayals and with very few scenes filmed on sound stages, it is very easy to place yourself in the distant jungles of Ceylon under the crushing weight of the tropical elements. All of it culminates in one of the most meticulously planned and well executed explosions in the history of cinema.

9 years 11 months ago

stexdo

The last 30 minutes look like they were shot by a director from the future. Perfect cinematography and great movie.

10 years ago

jktomas

What I like about this movie is that it doesn't give clear answers what's good and what's not. This is how war stories should always be portrayed.
On one hand I was rooting for colonel Nicholson, because he was right in most cases, they really turned defeat into victory by building the bridge, every soldier working on it felt like soldiers and not slaves, it proved to japanese how strong british nation is etc. (And man oh man, isn't Guinness a fantastic actor?)
I was also rooting for colonel Saito. Even though he was a jerk at the beginning, he had his reasons. His life was depending on this bridge and he wasn't expecting the british to co-operate, so he was cruel to them. One of my favorite scenes in the film was when Nicholson convinced some soldiers that needed medical attention to work on the bridge and Saito was looking through the window with his mouth open. He was probably thinking of letting Nicholson go back home after the bridge is done. Saito changed a lot throughout the movie and I was not expecting that, usually characters like that stay evil all the way untill they are killed.
American and the rest of his group were right as well, but I was rooting for them the least as I was hoping the bridge to stand.
And the finale was uncomfortable for me to watch and that's fantastic actually. Again this is what war stories should be doing to you. You should never know who to root for because in war there are is no right side.
The most disappointing thing about the movie is that it's not a true story. It's based on some true events, but my favorite aspects of the story didn't actually happen.

10 years 4 months ago