The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison. The sippy of a chippy has the brew that is true!

You’ll watch a truck inch across a bridge for 6 minutes and you’ll love every second of it. And then you’ll watch a second truck inch across the same bridge for 6 more minutes and you’ll love every second of that too.

Feels like a direct ancestor of Catch-22 and M*A*S*H* (the TV show) with its rapid tonal shifts between irreverent wit and the horrors of war, ultimately going to some very dark places.

They really just shoehorned Carole Lombard in there to check a box, didn’t they?

There’s a shot in this where Olivia de Havilland’s face de-ages a couple of decades right before our eyes and some people will tell you it was done with clever lighting, but the truth is she was just that good.

"Wanna watch The Aviator?"
"Sure, I love Scorsese!"
"No not that one, the one directed by George Miller."
"Oh sure, I love Fury Road!"
"No not that one, the other George Miller."
"Who's in it?"
"What's his face. The guy who played Superman."
"Oh I love Henry Cavill!"
"No not that one..."

Flawed, but still a masterpiece.

I assume God was an uncredited producer on this movie, because otherwise I can’t explain how David Lean got the weather and the sky and the ocean to do the things they did exactly when he needed them done.