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Summary: Gettysburg
Review: I've seen this movie and i love it. It is a very good reproduction of the book "The killer angels" It really shows the emotions of the officers, and the reenactment is very very good. The movie is very touching, i had tears in my eyes almost the hole movie but especially at Pickett's Charge. It showed good historicall facts, like when Lee told Pickett to take his divison to pull back and defend and Pickett said: "Sir, I have no division". I aggree with the person that wrote a review two reviews down, that they could have shown fighting on the Peach Orchard, Wheat Field and Culps Hill but it is still the best movie i have ever seen, with "Glory" second. I think anyone who likes war or emotional movies must see this. I LOVED THIS MOVIE. ( When you've seen this, get the sound track because it is VERY good. Also, go in the software section and get the computer game "Gettysburg" which is a great Civil war game)I wish I could give this movei a million stars! Hope you get and enjoy the movie!
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Summary: gettysburg
Review: This film is one of the greatest reinactments I have seen. Michael Shaaras novel was brought to the screen with extream detail.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This movies was excellent. I enjoyed ecery minute of the movie and I hope that everyone sees this wonderful made movie. The cast was great. I couldn't get out of my seat.
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Summary: Just Amazing!
Review: This movie instigated my interest in the Civil War. I have watched it several times and it just gets better. Its length isn't noticable if you pay attention to the movie from beginning to end as I did. The soundtrack is the best I have ever heard and even the actors deserve praise, especially Jeff Daniels as Chamberlain, Tom Berenger as Lee's "Old War-Horse" Longstreet, and Richard Jordan who played an emotional and heroic Lewis Armistead. Sheen tried a little to hard I think. I can't imagine Lee with that kind of accent, but nevertheless, you come away from the film with a better understanding of these generals. This fim presents the personal side of the war, which does need to be looked at when studying the Civil War. This film accurately shows the closeness that existed between Lee and Longstreet, who were friends to the very end, though Longstreet has been blamed by some people. The most moving and heartfelt part was when Armistead was with Longstreet the night before the great charge. Armistead and Hancock were close friends and Armistead didn't hide his feelings towards his old friend. I was sorry that other men were not given a major part in the movie like A.P. Hill, Ewell, Early, Rodes, Pender, Meade, Hunt, and Sickles. The main battles, Little Round Top and "Pickett's Charge", were very effectively shown, but very little or none was shown on the battles of the wheat field, peach orchard, and Culp's Hill. There are many mistakes, but this movie has had a profound affect on me. Seeing the personal side of the war needs to be taught in our schools as well, not just the facts and figures from the battles. I have read many, many books on the Civil War since I first saw this film, and as a result, I have a better understanding of the war. Movies are made for entertainment, even though there are clear facts in the movie "Gettysburg", read historical, veritable accounts of the battle and the war. On a final note, the third day assault on Cemetary Ridge was called "Pickett's Charge." This is not true! It was Longstreet' s assault and there were three division commanders who took part in this assault who need to be known. They were James Johnston Pettigrew, the brave and intelligent North Carolinian who was wounded in the hand but returned to safety only to be killed on the retreat out of Pennsylvania while acting as the rear guard of the army, Isaac Trimble, a most trusted general who was severly wounded in the assault and was taken prisoner, and George Pickett, who wasn't even with his men during the assault! Watch the movie and READ books on the battle!
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Summary: The Best!
Review: Anyone who has ever wondered about civil war should watch this movie. it brings out the best in the charcters, adding a new dimention to those men who fought there. even though i read the book (and loved it) seeing the movie helped me visualise the lay of the land and the battle itself far better. And if you haven't read the book yet - read it!
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Summary: A movie that shows both sides
Review: Truly a great American classic about one the greatest defining moments in American history. This movies shows both sides of the cause and even lets viewers in on the fact that the South did not fight necessarily for slavery as schools like to teach, in fact as the movie points out slavery would have been abolished had the South won. But points out that the South fought against something that many Americans feel today-The Intrusion Of The Federal Government-into our personal lives and telling what us we can and can't do rather than it being the way our government was supposed to be with the people in control of states and the states in control of the Federal Government. No matter what side you feel is right this movie shows both sides with a fair and impartial light that illuminates men fighting for what they believe and by our American forefarthers standards then none can be wrong. Truly a great movie with great acting and great action that makes you feel like your there.
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Summary: A must for all Americans
Review: As an Australian, but a keen follower of all things related to the Civil War, a most unfortunate war, I consider that this movie together with the three volumes of detailed writings by Shelby Foote, should be mandatory study for all young people in the US. The movie was excellent in its story, its detail and the quality of the acting staff. The people whose names you have known of for years all seem to come alive and really give meaning to the characters that appeared in the "Killer Angels" from which the film was made. I know that this period in American life has been exploited over the years but never in a more educational way as Gettysburg. I can thoroughly recommend it to everyone who wants to understand how this battle became the turning point of the Civil War.
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Summary: A true eye opener
Review: First off, I have to say that I have *never* been a big history fan. My husband, on the other hand, is. Gettysburg had been a passion of his for some time, and when vacation time rolled around one year, he said we had to go. Before we were to go, he suggested that we watch this movie. I was *NOT* thrilled...on the movie OR the upcoming vacation.But what an eye opener! I was riveted. The accuracy, the acting.....the way it was brought to life before my eyes. This movie was incredible. I saw a review someone wrote below mentioning that his children liked this movie as well, that they actually learned from it. Well, I learned too, and I was 25 when I saw it. I have been waiting and waiting for this to come out on DVD as I know I could watch it over and over. And just to let you all know, after seeing this movie, the vacation to the battlegrounds was *extremely* meaningful. I shared in the experience with my husband rather than being a tag-along. Understanding the 3 days gave a new depth to the ground we stood on. I actually can't wait to go back.
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Summary: a towering achievement
Review: This is one of the best movies of the last 30 years and one of the greatest war movies ever. As a life-long student of history in general, and the Civil War in particular, I was prepared to be very picky with this movie. But the historical accuracy is excellent - I took exception to very few things (Lee's meeting with Jeb Stuart, for example, which, by all accounts, didn't happen the way it was portrayed). The battle scenes are outstanding, the musical score is the most haunting I've ever heard, and there were at least 4 or 5 Oscar-worthy performances, most notably Jeff Daniels and the late Richard Jordan. The only real problem I had with the whole thing was that it seemed as though the producers couldn't decide if it should be a theater release or a T.V. mini-series. It started out with a very brief theater run and then nothing until many months later when it appeared as a mini-series on T.V. If it was going to end up as a mini-series anyway, then the length wouldn't have mattered and they could have done an even better, more complete job. But all in all, a towering achievement.
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Summary: Gettysburg
Review: An absolutely magnificent, historically accurate description of the the pivotal battle of the 19th (and, ultimately, the 20th) century. Yeah, I know, some would say it's purely nationalistic hubris to describe an 1863 battle in North America as THE pivotal battle of two centuries, but that's how the "mop flops." On Gettysburg's outcome depended the future of the United (or dis-United) States. Its outcome decided whether one nation (the US), or two (the US and the CSA), would determine the course of the next century. Had the North lost, Great Britain and France (and, perhaps, Germany) would have won. I'm no Ted Turner fan, but my hat's off to him (in this instance). Much pressure was put upon him to shorten the movie, and he nobly resisted. Result: a masterpiece which ranks with The Ten Commandments, or The Greatest Story Ever Told. In this "enlightened" (aka cynical) era, when it's difficult to imagine laying down one's life for an idea, this faithful depiction of the realities of combat (which only those who've heard a shot "fired in anger" can truly appreciate) is much needed. One piece of advice...demand the director's cut in a DVD release. There's a lot of excellent supplementary information in it that's missing from the truncated early edition. Settle only for the best. Also...read "The Killer Angels".
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