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Being this much of a lowest common denominator viewer. Just wow user
It was great OP I didn't find it boring at all and I first watched it as a kid.

To be fair, that was the whole point of Glory, to dramatize a specific story and make it entertaining to the general public. Gettysburg was meant to be informative and accurate.

Yup, and which do we remember more?
A film Can be a good film with a good story, but if you just keep showing the other side as bad guys, then don’t expect people to be invested outside of the protagonist.

The main antagonist in psychopass II was rememberable and it was a shame when he died because he didn’t kill people for the sake of killing, he just had some reasonable motives about society and went in a more violent direction.

Extreme Prejudice
Clear and Present Danger

I mean, most people outside of historical circles probably remember Glory. Most people don’t like complex morality. Having a clear good guy and bad guy makes for a much more compelling film as far as the general public is concerned.

I wasn't expecting to cry like a bitch during Pickett's charge

Gettys(((((burg))))

>ywn operate innajungle with William Dafoe
Why even live?

Crying tears of joy, right?

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>General, you must look to your division
>General Lee I have no division
Gets me everytime

If you're a history autist its fantastic. And if you've ever looked at the behind the scenes of it it was a labor of love by the cast, directors, and the 13,000+ reenactors involved. For me at least, its damned near as good as Waterloo is for being a historical movie.

DO IT AGAIN UNCLE BILLY!

>It's my fault...
That got me.

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This movie is fucking terrible besides havi g some slight gun porn in it
Would not recommend

The story is pretty fun, though. Had me daydreaming about becoming an international arms dealer for like 3 months after I watched it.

Unknown Soldier, a finnish machine gun company running about in the snow and trenches killing (and to a lesser extent being killed by) soviet conscripts in the continuation war. The only CGI I noticed was from the Finnish artillery, everything else looks more or less practical. From what I've heard it is in finnish only, you would have to use subtitles if you would want any story or context.
It gets a strong recommendation from me and I think that others on here would enjoy it too.

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I enjoyed it, but what made me love it was the higher than normal concentration of fantastic acting.

Back to Ritalin

>literally a word of Germanic origins meaning fortified town or strong place.
How old are you?

I don't honestly know too much about civil war firearms, but you do get to see some really cool stuff like cavalry using carbines etc. The movie is seriously fantastic though. My old man and I watch it from July 1st-3rd every year.

I'm with you man, Glory is a good movie. Bought the soundtrack.

Great movie. There are a half dozen truly standout scenes. Everyone acted their balls off. It's a shame that the difference in time between when it and Gods and Generals was made is painfully obvious with how pudgy everyone got in the interim.

>Longstreet's utterly palpable frustration throughout
It hurt and I'm not even rooting for the South.

GITS. The main antagonist did all those things simply because he wanted to live as a free living being. The movie also has memorable action scenes and great gun action.

I remember growing up and loving that movie. It came on 2 VHS tapes, and my mom would always make me choose which one I wanted to watch because she couldn't take 4 hours of civil war in one day.

>Gets me everytime
For me, it's seeing the Confederate colors fall... Only to be picked right back up and flown again against all odds.

How anybody could march straight into musket and cannon fire on completely flat terrain so determinedly, is beyond me.
It's almost hard to believe that this actually happened.

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Yeah, they’ll remember that more and then associate it with history as if it was all true. Every. Time.

I mean, that’s always been the case with humanity. Victors of wars produce media that paints their side as morally superior, and the consumers of that media use it to (mis)inform their understanding of history.

Glory barely even shows the Confederates and constantly paints the Union as racist, and the ending heavily implies that Shaw volunteered the 54th to assault Fort Wagner out of ego.

Glory did itself a disservice historically by not telling the audience that the 54th were composed of FREE black men.

I've been in many a discussion where everyone thinks that they were slaves or former slaves.

>shows 54th forming in the north
>from volunteers
Did you even watch the movie? By definition they're free or freed.

I loved it, but that's in spite of some flaws. As a historical recreation of the events of Gettysburg, I don't think you could do better. As a film, it needed to be cut down... a lot. I watched the 4 and a half hour version. I don't know if that's the default or a director's cut, but that's too goddamn long. This didn't bother me the first time I watched it, but it makes any further viewings a drag. Makes it hard to share with friends. It honestly didn't need to be that long. There are a hundred scenes that either drag on too long or are just fluff. There's no need to cut anything important. For example, there's a scene where the CSA troops are cheering Lee shortly before the charge that goes on 10 times longer than it should. Most of the scenes with the British officer are unnecessary.

I’m pretty sure it made the distinction. Especially when they encounter the other unit of blacks who were looting that town.

Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. He said the that film doesn't make it clear that the 54th was primarily comprised of black men who had never been enslaved rather than former slaves.

This.

One of the main characters is literally an educated free black.

It doesn't really need to be cut, it just needs to be watched in pieces. Das Boot is the same, the real version is too long to watch all at once.

Watched it in school and then took a field trip to Gettysburg the next day. Was very exciting.

Lucky.

We barely touched the Civil War back when I was in school.
Most we got was "Lincoln freed the slaves with the Civil War. End of story." and some student teacher telling us how Thomas Jackson got his nickname.

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>STONEWALL JACKSON IS THE COOLEST MOTHERFUCKER I EVER SEEN BOY HOWDY THIS GREAT FILM IS A GREAT FILM DADDY WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE BRAND NEW COATS OF GREY?

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Gods and Generals is bad only because Stonewall Jackson is such an uninteresting guy.

They should have shown more of how cuckoo he could be.

This.
Not once did he pull out a lemon or behave genuinely autistic.

I am unhappy with this movie because its failure means the third movie will probably never be made.

>t. knows nothing about Sherman outside of memes

I think I have watched the entirety of this movie as YT clips at work by now

>BAYONETS

im not a civil war buff, especially with weapons, but it features more shit that i do know about from museums and wikipedia than any other film i've seen.
like the CSA's employment of a sniper in a recognizable modern style with a dedicated rifle and scope
the charges and their brutality
emphasis on arty during that period

it's good in a weird way. the nic cage way.
not quite so bad it's good and not b movie good.
not exactly Jow Forums but has Jow Forums moments.

i really enjoy the movie and have the book on my backlog ready to read after my current scifi shit.
really looking forward to it. as someone who doesn't hate the southerners i appreciate the film not dehumanizing either side and keeping the focus on the battle itself and the leadup to major decisions.

ive only seen some scenes on youtube but im very impressed by their commitment to practical effects and just moving a buncha guys around in the dirt. i should watch this.

yeah this movie has a lot of symbolism and while you know the outcome of the battle already, you still feel for the desperation of the men. they even took care to show how ill equipped the confederates were for the basic grunts vs the better equipped avg union grunt.

more good ol' boys in the south and somewhat unwilling to fight conscripts in the north.

havent seen. Jow Forums aside is it good?

fuck im really tired and replied to op twice im stupid do not make fun of me.

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gods and generals is ok. definitely worse than gettysburg

Awful
So's Gods and Generals
Both turgid stiffly acted shables that make something really interesting shit
Sadly there are no really good ACW movies, blue an the grey and outlaw josey whales and the bridge scene from the good the bad and the ugly are the best of it

One of my favorites just for being a good movie

Your taste sucks

I recently re watched Gettysburg for the first time in 20 years.
As a movie, it’s really quite bad.
As a historical dramatization that attempts to capture the true events and crucial people, it’s good.
It’s important to remember that it was originally meant to be a three part made for tv miniseries.
This explains why certain highly charismatic characters are only present for 1/3rd or 2/3rds of the film, and the strange pacing in general.
Outstanding acting by Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Pickett, Armisted and Longstreet. My favorite parts of the movie are just the generals conversations.
The practical effects are pretty bad by today’s standards, but it was the last war epic to ever actually assemble thousands of men on a battlefield and film it. CGI would make such things obsolete shortly after.

Gettysburg, and Iced Earth's Gettysburg trilogy tend to get to me. I make it a point to watch it every year on my Birthday, the second day of the battle

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> the bridge scene from the good the bad and the ugly
holy shit lol
when I first watched the good the bad and the ugly i went in not really acquainted with westerns and that battle caught me off guard and was so great.

everything in those old spaghetti westerns just looks more authentic. everyone was sweating, grimy, and it was very outside of the norm to me
i loved it all

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>obsolete
the issue is it seldom holds up. it's far easier to jump back into gettysburg and stuff like bladerunner and aliens due to the lack of cgi
idk any modern big battle scenes that don't look relatively trash a few years later. i feel ive become too critical though as im generally bothered by today's overuse of cgi and can't help but see most of it.
some films do it well though.