This started it all.
Added 11/8/2009
This is the original movie that started the MASH TV series. Alan Alda isn't in it nor is Roberta Swift of many of the characters you are used to from many years of the TV series. However Trapper John and the Painless Polock are there, who are not in the TV series.
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Christians be warned! This movie mocks God.
Added 11/2/2009
I always enjoyed the weekly television series MASH, so I was quite shocked to discover that the movie version of MASH is a piece of garbage, which is where my copy ended up. My first shock was to discover that the catchy little tune they play at the beginning of every show is actually a song about suicide being painless. Next, one of the characters is mocked for praying. The worst scene is where they mock the Last Supper during a fake suicide. Enough said!
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crude, rude and pompous
Added 6/6/2009
I am more or less in accord with other reviewers who see this movie as a piece of 1960s counter-culture. The heroes of the movie are crude, rude and pompous. The "villian" of the movie (Frank Burns) embodies Patriotism and faith in God. The movie mocks and denegrates Christianity, fidelity and patriotism. In a larger sense, the movie which was supposed to be a comedy, wasn't even that funny. I didn't laugh once at the "good guys" teasing Burns into a nervouse breakdown, or the various "fag jokes". I realize that being in a war zone can cause a certain degree of morality to break down; I just don't think that it is funny when that happens.
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MASH the movie...
Added 6/5/2009
One of the great films. Interesting that Sutherland and Gould thought it was a career ender. Quite true to the book which is worth reading.
And always keep in mind that it was made during our Vietnam period, the draft, and probably the most unpopular mis-adventure by our government.
When was the last time you knew someone engaged to 3 women...
I rest my case.
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Misogyny and racism glorified
Added 4/30/2009
I love the TV series MASH, and was genuinely looking forward to watching the film. Sadly both my friend and I sat in stunned silence through the film, which was (1) not funny unless you find a man stepping on a rake and hitting himself in the face hilarious, (2) disgustingly misogynistic (from the way Hotlips was treated - first as a prude who needed to be brought down a few notches, and then as a nincompoop, to the other female characters (nurses in both the MASH unit and in Tokyo, and the prostitutes in Tokyo)), and to top it all off (3) racist and (4) anti-homosexual.
Perhaps some will say I am ignoring the fact that this is a black comedy, meant to be disrespectful and brash. If that is the case, I will happily remain in my cocoon of ignorance.
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This started it all.
Added 11/8/2009
This is the original movie that started the MASH TV series. Alan Alda isn't in it nor is Roberta Swift of many of the characters you are used to from many years of the TV series. However Trapper John and the Painless Polock are there, who are not in the TV series.
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Christians be warned! This movie mocks God.
Added 11/2/2009
I always enjoyed the weekly television series MASH, so I was quite shocked to discover that the movie version of MASH is a piece of garbage, which is where my copy ended up. My first shock was to discover that the catchy little tune they play at the beginning of every show is actually a song about suicide being painless. Next, one of the characters is mocked for praying. The worst scene is where they mock the Last Supper during a fake suicide. Enough said!
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crude, rude and pompous
Added 6/6/2009
I am more or less in accord with other reviewers who see this movie as a piece of 1960s counter-culture. The heroes of the movie are crude, rude and pompous. The "villian" of the movie (Frank Burns) embodies Patriotism and faith in God. The movie mocks and denegrates Christianity, fidelity and patriotism. In a larger sense, the movie which was supposed to be a comedy, wasn't even that funny. I didn't laugh once at the "good guys" teasing Burns into a nervouse breakdown, or the various "fag jokes". I realize that being in a war zone can cause a certain degree of morality to break down; I just don't think that it is funny when that happens.
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