Nice effects though.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The casting department had to say, "Look, we have loading this picture with some Hollywood hunks, maybe we went over the top?" Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift as run of the mill soldier boys? In scenes together you have more sexy man meat in one frame than in 3000 square miles from CA to NY! There are so many up and comers in this movie, it's loaded with talent!Sinatra was playing Sinatra, and he was good. If you want better Frank, see his movie a few years later in Suddenly. It is bad Frank and more effective than hyper energy Frank in this movie.Burt Lancaster simply diminishes any other male actor in his scenes. There really has not been an actor with his magnetism, looks, power, and abilities. He was born to be a STAR. You know a good looking guy when he is in a scene with a beautiful woman and he is prettier. You can talk all you want about how believable this movie was, yeah, yeah...people do not go to the movies for a documentary, they go to be with people they never meet...and this movie is loaded with them!Sinatra was not in the same league and Montgomery, nor should he be, Clift dedicated his life to acting and here come Frank with his other qualities of power and charm, but not acting chops. Let's keep that clear, Sinatra is no Clift or Lancaster, nor a Borgnine, Warden or Harry Bellavar! I give a lot of credit to Frank for going after what he wanted, and he wanted this part bad! This is a classic movie that will never lose its influence. Best 1.6 million dollars spent in Hollywood! Think about that compared to the crap load of movies since...

After so many years of only knowing this film by reputation, I finally watched this on a Korean Air flight. It's a very compelling drama but after reading the differences from the novel on Wikipedia, it probably would have even been a better one had it been made after the Production Code era. I mean, I'm glad Donna Reed-who I always first think of as Mary Bailey in my favorite movie, It's a Wonderful Life-won the Oscar for her performance but if it had been revealed she was a prostitute and not just a dance hall girl, her performance would have been so much more powerful. And Frank Sinatra was very compelling in his first straight role but if he didn't have a death scene-and his character actually survived in the book-he probably wouldn't have been nominated, not to mention eventually won, his Oscar for this. Still, this was a fine showcase for such actors like Montgomery Clift, Bert Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, and Ernest Borgnine of which this was his first major film role. So, overall, From Here to Eternity was mostly a very well made film. P.S. Another of the players was one Philip Ober, who was married to Vivian Vance at the time. She was in the No. 1 show on TV during this period-"I Love Lucy"-and her hubby had appeared on the show twice, the second time as then M-G-M head Dore Schary. They'd eventually divorce in 1959.

Greetings from Lithuania."From Here to Eternity" (1953) isn't a real classic, but it is a very solid movie, even when seeing it for a first time just yet in 2016. Performances were very good by all involved, directing and script were solid as well. Film is solidly paced, at running time 1 h 58 min it does not drag. Watching this movie now i realized that it influenced some movies which i have seen. Overall, "From Here to Eternity" is a good movie, which aged quite good, and while attack on Perl Harbor scenes at the end won't blow you away now, it is not about that day actually. It is about a story that was before that day, and it's good story done right.

I watched this movie again today (maybe 5th time over the years) and it still stands up as an excellent character-driven movie. All of the actors, including those with small parts, perform so well, but the leads are just superb. Sinatra made a number of great movies, but I think Maggio was one of his best characters. It's how you think Sinatra might have been had he actually been in the Army back then for real. The final scene on the boat with Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed is very poignant. Both have major regrets, but for such different reasons. Even in her grief, Lorene talks up Prewitt's military role and the cause of his death, demonstrating her real feelings for the man. Very moving.