Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

Aloha, Schofield Barracks It's easy to forget that, when the Pearl Harbor attack happened on December 7, 1941, Hawaii wasn't actually a state—it was a territory, like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the...

A Straightforward StyleFrom Here to Eternity sticks to a pretty conventional form of narrative structure—there are no flashbacks or dream sequences. This is straightforward storytelling, from beg...

War Film, Romance, MelodramaA War Film… for the Last Fifteen Minutes From Here to Eternity isn't really a war film until the very end of the movie—but that still counts, dagnabbit. When the att...

Baa! Yah! Bah! James Jones took the title for From Here to Eternity from an 1892 poem by Rudyard Kipling entitled "Gentlemen Rankers." It's framed as a song sung by soldiers in the British imperial...

Mistaken Identity The ending of From Here to Eternity is pretty dang grim. Prewitt courageously risks life and limb to rejoin his fellow soldiers after the Pearl Harbor attack breaks out. (Meanwhil...

PGFrom Here to Eternity wasn't actually rated on release, but the suggested rating is PG. It sure ain't G—you never saw two cartoon deer make out on the beach like that in Bambi, right? Plus, the...