I would say Paths of Glory is vastly different than the other war movies I have seen. First off you don’t see much fighting in this movie. Also most war movies are usually long movies for example Apocalypse Now is 2 hours 33min and Saving Private Ryan is 2 hours 49min and Oliver Stone’s Platoon is at least 2 hours compared to Paths of Glory is 1 hour 28min. After I watched Paths of Glory it sort of reminded me of Platoon. Both movies had a character that really made me angry. In Paths of Glory its General Mireau because even at first he says getting the German ant hill is impossible and doesn’t want to kill his men but once he hears that if he can get the hill he will be promoted he decides that the risk is worth it. He then wants to bomb his
