Review – The Guns of Navarone

I absolutely loved this movie when I was a kid. Of course that was probably at least in part because I had a “Guns of Navarone” play set I enjoyed for hours and hours. And to be honest, I wonder if in my youth I might have been a bit too tolerant of the picture’s flaws. Though the story is solid and the action is entertaining when it’s happening, we go for long – and I do mean long – stretches between the good parts. In particular, there’s a “ship in rough weather” sequence that seems to stretch for hours without advancing the plot a jot. Dull spots aside, however, this one should be on every must-see list of World War Two movies. Worth seeing