The Allies in World War II needed a war hero like Patton to overcome a strong enemy, but as soon as the war ended, Patton's almost out of control fanaticism immediately became a serious hidden danger to peace. Although he did not get the most dignified death he had hoped for from being hit by the last bullet of the war, the accident was still the best way for General Patton to avoid ruin. Therefore, when the United States, which was in the midst of political turmoil, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War quagmire, encountered a crisis of belief, he still had the opportunity to appear as the protagonist of a national propaganda film, injecting a boost of praise for the American military spirit into the nation.
Jerry Goldsmith's symphony-like soundtrack seems to be a hymn to General Patton's heroic deeds, but this year's World War II masterpiece "The Pacific" is completely a requiem for fallen soldiers. Since the mainstream American media, tired of the global war on terror, set an anti-war tone, there is no hope of seeing one or two more powerful American war films for the time being, and war heroes are useless on the screen.
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