It will teach you the power of water.

Jaw dropping in many aspects... One of the movies I would die to see on the big screen. Still, I wasn't enraptured in it, and was more moved for it's spectacle than it's story. Still solid all around, though.

first half - 100. second half - 60.

Truly an epic movie in every regard. Masterful acting from O'Toole and others, a powerful score, incredibly cinematography, a very long yet captivating story,... I'm glad I saw this one at last.

One of the true greats, this film is pushing three hours, so you'd better get comfortable. But the score is iconic, the plot is superb and during certain scenes this really does feel like a contender for greatest film ever. Peter O'Toole is amazing as a larger than life officer who is sent to the desert on a hearts and minds mission and becomes a leader of the people. This film truly gets the middle east, which is outstanding for a picture of it's time.

It deserves nothing less.

Who would have thought that shots of sand could be so absolutely gorgeous? I found myself extending the 220 minute runtime by constantly pausing it so I could simply admire the shots.

Always a great film, but now that the American Empire faces challenges in the Muslim world, it looks even better.

13

(2nd viewing) Marked by a rasping, unshakable feeling of light-hearted juvenility, but still masterful as a whole. Lean has an very good eye for these kinds of adventurous stories, it's gorgeously filmed and O'Toole is undeniably amazing, one of the greatest thespians of all time at the peak of his craft.

A "moving picture" in the purest sense. From the gusts of sand to the characters' identities, nothing is set in stone. Even the moments of calm, political intrigue are energized with sharp wit and drama. Anyone can film a pretty landscape; Lean's triumph is bringing the beautiful and bleak desert vistas alive with motion. O'Toole adds the perfect amount of British spite to our volatile, enigmatic, and charming protagonist. This ride is worth its length.

The epic of the epics (except maybe Seven Samurai)--No prisoners!

The greatest epic ever put to film.

Peter O'Toole reportedly aged a whole year between shoots of the same scene. I aged a whole year while watching this.

This has to be the strangest epic to emerge from the classic Hollywood era. There are no women with speaking roles, and as such no love interest. Well, human love interest, because it's pretty clear that Lawrence is in love with the desert. It's breathtakingly beautiful, like most David Lean movies, and Peter O'Toole's performance as the title character stands as one of the darkest, strangest, and certainly most fascinating performances in the history of cinema.