Twelve O'Clock High

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Leaburn O It's a fairly low key, very low action and overwrought War film. Peck plays a strong role but it's not particularly dramatic. They set the scene well but it keeps setting the scene and the story ends in a bit of a lame way. Watched on DVD. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review Connor S This movie shows the extreme heroics of our greatest generation; but the lack of literally any kind of score makes this more of a drawn-out documentary than it should be. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/24 Full Review SICKS6SIX S One of the best aviation films of WW2 I've seen, Gregory Peck who plays General Savage is savage as he turns around a squadron of American bombers based in the UK from deadbeats to top flyers, Everyone in the film acts well, makes a nice change from America winning the war single-handedly without anyone help, it explores the human reaction to fear and death, fear of one's death, the flyers would be aged 18 -15 mainly with some older guys so turning them into fear loathing killers from homesick surfer boys must have been some tough job to do, there wasn't a 918 bomber group but there was a "hard-luck" group the 306th Bomb Group at Thurleigh, which (multiplied by three) became the 918th at Archbury in the book and movie. In November 1942, Eaker (then VIII Bomber Command commander) and Spaatz (Eighth Air Force commander) visited Thurleigh and didn't like what he found and decided to turn it around, the film is based on fact, filmed at Elgin and made to look like Thurleigh, 95% in my book of watchable WW2 films. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/01/23 Full Review Christopher B A strong performance by Gregory Peck and the supporting cast, the film is a Classic look at life during wartime and the individual and an in depth look at what each person can take when pushed to their brink. The character Peck plays is harsh, unemotional, and downright a hardass but as the film goes on and the General played by Peck grows with his new company of men and experiences battle firsthand and the loss of others, there is a huge change in his character. We see him being pushed to the breaking point and the devastating effects and in a word; transcendence. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/11/22 Full Review Audience Member Made a few years after the killing and dying was over - at least until Korea! - this film portrays some of the psychological toll that combat took on the men who endured it. Some incidents that happened years into the US's involvement of the war are conveniently compressed into a story that initially appears set in 1942; those anachronisms will be lost on younger audiences but the impact of the story shouldn't be. Young men who volunteered for the US Army Air Corps may have figured they'd have it easier than infantrymen, but soon find their comrades killed or shot to pieces, which is a microcosm for entire nations embarking on war envisioning a quick and easy victory. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Twelve O'Clock High is a solid war drama- with almost no action. One thing that I did enjoy was that for the minimal action they choose to depict- they use actual footage of aerial warfare that took place during WWII. Having recently watched Tora! Tora! Tora! and Battle of Britain- I was slightly disappointed that every time the pilots gear up for an air raid- it cuts to the aftermath of them returning without ever showing what happened. I understand this was probably a limitation of the year this movie was made, as well as the budget. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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