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Path to War Reviews
Very Much Perfect 👍
Refreshingly to see that historical accuracy can be compelling and I think a tragic arc for LBJ is totally legitimate.
This political movie was really good. Michael Gambon, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Felicity Huffman, Bruce McGill, and the rest of the cast did a fantastic job in this movie. This true story about why we went to fight in the Vietnam War was dramatic, shocking, and tragic. It's about abusing the power of the government and destroying the reputation of the country. If you haven't seen this movie yet, check it out sometime. It's worth watching.
The Path to War is a story that is well-known, often told from various angles - though rarely from the perspective of President Johnson. The star-cast brings home the story in spectacular fashion, with the cinematography being added to with time period film fragments. It makes for a wonderful film.
John Frankenheimer's last film is about as good as any of the 30 he made before. This is an excellent look back at the Viet Nam war that is said to be fairly accurate.
I just didn't find it convincing.
Lyndon B Johnson became president in 1964 Now he faces dealing with the escalation of the Vietnam war affecting the country and the world As Lyndon Johnson (Michael Gambon) agonizes over sending more troops to Southeast Asia, he is given contradictory advice from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (Alec Baldwin) and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (John Aylward) The president also attempts to build his Great Society at home, while balancing the war's increasing drain on the nation's resources This clocks in at nearly 3 hours which is a punishment But I give them credit for digging into one of our great Commander and Chief's psychology considering the hard decisions he has to make in one of America's toughest patches
Refreshingly to see that historical accuracy can be compelling and I think a tragic arc for LBJ is totally legitimate.
An excellent political drama detailing the escalation of the Vietnam War by the Johnson Administration. Michael Gambon delivers a tour de force as he embodies Johnson's rough, overbearing style helped by strong performances from a talented supporting cast. This nearly 3 hour 온라인카지노추천 epic is very well produced and captures all the nuance, emotion and political decision making that led the nation into a slow spiral of an ever escalating conflict. It also traverses many of the tumultuous political events of the 60s giving the time to them that a shorter, more commercial movie might miss. This is a spellbinding watch for those interested in American Political History.
An HBO movie that tracks the escalation of the war in Vietnam during LBJ's Presidency. Johnson's ambitious domestic policy, the so-called "Great Society", is increasingly derailed by the war and his reputation is systematically destroyed. Johnson is played by Michael Gambon, which does not initially seem like a very good idea since his Texas accent is very shaky. However, my attention to his accent faded as the film went on and the strength of his performance became clear. The ensemble cast is wonderful, with Donald Sutherland as Clark Clifford, Alec Baldwin as Robert McNamara, Frederic Forrest as General Wheeler and Tom Skerritt as General Westmoreland being the stand outs. At nearly 3 hours it's longer than it needs to be, especially as very little new information is conveyed in the last 1/2 hour, but it's a classy and informative production. This was John Frankenheimer's last film.
John Frankenheimer's 2002 Path to War couldn't have been more timely. As one brash Texan president revved the country up for a long, pointless, losing war, Frankenheimer dramatized the last time the country had been down this catastrophic path. The parallels come easily to mind. Johnson led a whole bipartisan Washington consensus that mistakenly believed Vietnam a vital Cold War front. Communist rule of Vietnam would imperil the US ... not at all, in fact. And the whole military engagement began with possibly trumped-up reports about naval conflict in the Gulf of Tonkin. When Path to War aired on HBO, another Texan president forged a mistaken Washington consensus that Iraq represented a vital front in a global War on Terrorism. Cherry-picked intelligence mistakenly suggested that members the anti-US terrorist group Al Qaeda sheltered in Iraq, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. A myth persisted that Iraq had something to do with 9/11. In each case, the subsequent war extended beyond the president's term, was ruinously expensive and deadly, and handed territory to the very forces the US feared. Voices of warning George Ball and Clark Clifford go unheeded, like Richard Clarke, Joseph Wilson, and Valerie Plame, in 2002. Oh, but the differences are so telling: Michael Gambon's Lyndon Johnson burns to build his Great Society, to extend Civil and Voting Rights. He shines most when talking down the racist George Wallace, and when the confused president confides in his partner, Ladybird. By contrast, George W. Bush sought to be something called a "compassionate conservative", but he was a child of privilege and faith. In Path to War, the Vietnam War is driven above all by Robert McNamara's single-minded focus on the lessons of Munich. But the horror in Alec Baldwin's eyes as a war protestor immolates himself ... You will never see doubt like that in the eyes of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, or Condaleeza Rice. At the remove of fourteen years, I have one question: why do we keep making the same mistakes over and over?
It's hard to make a drama-free movie about Johnson's war in Vietnam, but this film comes close. We never see what converts McNamara from hawk to skeptic. There is the occasional mention of "the poor", but we don't feel LBJ's frustration at having to sacrifice The Great Society for a war he didn't start. There is no mention of public protests until the film enters its third hour. We don't see any of the horrors that turned the American public against the war. And the realization that the "kill counts" are not an accurate way to tell who's winning the war is played as a military math error. Most confusing of all, the film ends with LBJ announcing he won't seek a second term as dramatic, triumphant music swells in the background. What are we supposed to be cheering? LBJ's realization that Bobby Kennedy would beat him in the primaries? That -- as the closing titles tell us -- the war wouldn't end until 58,000 Americans and two million (!) Vietnamese were dead? The history of this period is the stuff of Greek tragedy; it's a shame this film failed to capture more than a touch of that.
Good historical mock documentary. Interesting to see the slippery slope to war. -- Watch Someday If Free!
A well made and acted historical drama that unfortunately lacks focus and feels like its trying to show too much.
This was a slow movie but was very educational about the history of president LBJ! I did learn something.
made LBJ seem very sympathetic like he was a victim
A thorough and effective examination of the Johnson presidency, focusing on the escalating involvement in Vietnam that would eventually undue his administration. Very well written, the film always feels realistic, often re-creating scenes with verbatim historical transcripts. Michael Gambon's Lyndon Johnson is uncanny, he captures the overbearing, homespun demeanor he was known for, while also replicating his mannerisms perfectly. Overall, I would argue the film was far too kind to Johnson, conveying him as more of a victim of circumstance, who found himself in over his head and refusing to cut his losses, and whose otherwise lofty achievements (the mythical "Great Society" programs of dubious effectiveness) go unnoticed. Still, it was very effective in showing a conflicted man, reminding me almost of Oliver Stone's Nixon. Similarly, Alec Baldwin's McNamara was surprisingly authentic, showing a brilliant, though naive, man of cool demeanor. The running time is a bit bloated, but well worth it for history/political buffs. 4/5 Stars
long but informative look at the LBJ white house and his role in escalating the Vietnam war...makes him very human...at the same time there is scene where Donald Sutherland tells LBJ that the decision were his and taht ultimately he must take the responsibility...worth a watch from a historical point of view
LBJ comes across as weak and pathetic in this movie; he is always blaming the Kennedys for his predicament.