How I Won the War 1967 123movies

Watch: How I Won the War 1967 123movies, Full Movie Online – This movie features Beatle John Lennon and Roy Kinnear as ill-fated enlisted men under the inept command of Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody (Michael Crawford). The story unwinds mostly in flashbacks of Lieutenant Goodbody who has lower-class beginnings and education which make him a poor officer who commands one of the worst units of the Army..
Plot: An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
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Ratings:

	5.5/10 Votes: 2,414
	44% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 25 Popularity: 2.868 | TMDB

Reviews:

Brilliant, gets better with age!
‘How I Won the War’ has to be one of the most original, bizarre and imaginative war films ever made. I first saw it late one night as an impressionable kid and immediately was drawn by its unusual style and narrative. To have the film tinted in several different colours to show the stages of the war was both daring and cool. One gets the feeling of having witnessed something larger, more intimate and important than just a mere war movie.

There are no real heros in this film, certainly Michael Crawford and his troop are pretty cowardly and inept, whereas the Germans are depicted, in the raid on the fuel dump scene, as being content with religious service and a bit of soccer.

It is true that history is written by the victors and Michael Crawford’s character, Goodbody, is one of only two survivers from his regiment. He proudly states at the very end of the film that he “won the war”. Maybe he did, but his actions and his balmy enthusiasm show us just how idiotic war can be.

My favourite scene was the one with Goodbody and the German officer who befriends Goodbody for much of the film. Together, they talk about how cruel both the British and Germans are, and how the German officer has killed many Jews. Goodbody then talks about how he got his commission and why he is fighting. It ends with the German officer telling Goodbody that he (Goodbody) is a fascist. “Am I?”, replies Goodbody, “but I don’t particularly dislike Jews.”

When the very affable German officer, who is attempting to surrender, is blindly run over by an advancing British tank, we know that in this war the good, the bad and the ugly become mixed up and inseperable.

I currently own a very worn out video of the film and am hoping it will be released soon on DVD here in Australia.

Borderline Unwatchable
Take a movie like this. You may have heard somewhere that it was pretty bad. But, being an inquisitive sort, you visit IMDb first anyway. Here, you are greeted with plenty of reviews that tell you that it’s not so bad – some even call it a masterpiece and a hidden gem.

Then, you watch it and the cold hard reality hits you – it’s just not that good of a movie. The first half an hour seemed to take about four. Yes, there are “innovative” aspects such as tinting people and scenes differently, but ultimately this is cheap and adds little.

There are far better anti-war films of the same period. “How I Won the War” with a big star (Lennon) was made in 1967. Steve McQueen’s “The Sand Pebbles” of 1966 is, although a much longer movie, an infinitely better anti-war film that managed to convey all of the same philosophical points as HIWtW (and more) and do it with subtlety, class, and genuine humanity.

The saving grace of HIWtW should have been comedy – absurdist or otherwise. The ingredients were there – war and military life are just asking for the application of ironic and observationalist British wit. Alas, while the characters spend most of the time speaking in that fast British way as if they were saying something as clever as, say, Monty Python or Fawlty Towers, what they actually say is substantially less interesting. Pity.

This film is not particularly worth watching.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min) (USA), 1 hr 49 min (109 min) (Argentina)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Comedy, War
Director Richard Lester
Writer Patrick Ryan, Charles Wood
Actors Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear
Country United Kingdom
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe
Film Length 3,030.02 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm