The March of Oscar

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Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 UK, US) Another #WTFWednesday entry. Obi Wan Kenobi oops I mean Alec Guinness stars as the ranking commander of a group of POWs held captive by the Japanese in WWII Thailand. The Japanese force them to build a pivotal bridge across the river Kwai. This is one of my least favorite films. By the end of it I wanted to blow up my TV. SPOILER ALERT. The group builds the bridge and against the wishes of those under him Guinness orders them to build a quality bridge to the best of their ability and not, you know, sabotage it. It was after all a strategic bridge for the Japanese. Seriously General Kenobi would have sabotaged it. But Guinness had to build it according to British Excellence standards to show...I really don't get his point in this. So with great sacrifice they do it. Alec Guinness has an epiphany and decides he probably should have sabotaged it. After all he, at this point, was aiding the enemy. Then he spends the rest of the film trying to blow up the bridge he just built. You sir are a crap officer. Don't they talk about loyalty in those fancy pants officer schools. And to make a film about building a bridge and then blow it up at the end  because it should not have been built in the first place is madness. It won Best Picture over 12 Angry Men and some other really good ones. This film shows up on many lists of great films. I just can't with this film. I get an eye twitch just writing about it. Please Like Share and Subscribe

 

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