The Monuments Men Blu-ray
The Monuments Men is often a classic case well over-expectations. The film sports a dream cast and follows essentially the most interesting true-life stories through the World War II era. Its writing is solid and its particular cast is spot-on, but thanks to a few script choices, The Monuments Men never turns into the epic movie experience many viewers were expecting. In fact, perhaps on account of those bloated expectations, it didn’t find the moderately entertaining blogs about the film deserved, but that doesn’t mean audiences should avoid Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Blu-ray release.
Director George Clooney goes old-school in reference to his tale of an list of WWII soldiers fighting to shield famous works of art from the clutches on the Nazis. Rapidly urgency from the war efforts, the pace from the Monuments Men is long and winding. The lengthy narrative follows art conservationist Frank Stokes (Clooney), a lieutenant from the Army who assembles a ragtag list of British, French and American website visitors to travel around Europe conserving priceless works. With a cast comprised of Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban and Hugh Bonneville, you should think there'd be a lot of opportunities for boisterous joke-making, though the setup on the story actually means these moments are few in number.
To save lots of art, it makes sense that the men inside film would split in order to cover the maximum amount of ground as possible. However, in the context of situation, if the characters are separated into numerous groups, not only could be the enjoyable banter minimize, but the storyline becomes convoluted there are too many narratives competing for time. Still, despite its faults, The Monuments Men can be a worthwhile story, with enough intriguing and amusing moments and keep the standard viewer invested through its lengthy 2-hour runtime. Given that audiences don’t decide to catch an Oscar-worthy heart-tugger, they must benefit from the Monuments Men’s breezy movie experience.
