Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition) by Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen
Summary: 5 Stars
***1/2 A magnificent re-creation of the Civil War's most famous battle.Movie Review: A classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I adore this movie. I saw it in the theater back when I was a teenager, and it inspired 2 years of spring break tours of Civil War sites with my family. At 4 hours, it's long, but it never feels overlong. The editing is tight, the acting is fantastic, the score is gorgeous, and the subject matter is compelling. It's based on Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels, but transfers the moving story without the sometimes ponderous prose. A perfect choice for American history classes or anyone interested in the Civil War or American history in general.Movie Review: 6th SC
Summary: 5 Stars
Great visual of the battle where my great grandfather fought with the 6th SC. Entertaining and educational.Movie Review: No Doubt It's Great
Summary: 4 Stars
There is no questioning this film is done very well. That said, it should be pointed out that it may not be for everyone. If you are not a fan of cliches, stay away from this. There are TONS of monologues that go on for long periods of time with epic music in the background, and maybe not everyone can handle that. Most of the performances are incredible, my favorite happens to be Jeff Daniels. One performance that doesn't do it for me is Martin Sheen. He shares a lot of scenes with Tom Berenger and it seems like Berenger is the one keeping those scenes afloat. C. Thomas Howell has a steady part but you won't recognize him as the kid from the Outsiders. Great battle scenes, especially the big one in the open field at the end. Movie Review: We do what we must do.
Summary: 5 Stars
After the heart-rending nobility of Abraham Lincoln's verbal tribute to Gettysburg's fallen, there is not much else that could do those men justice.
Yet GETTYSBURG does so.
This 1993 film, second in a civil war trilogy that begins with GODS AND GENERALS and concludes with LAST FULL MEASURE is worlds beyond its predecessor in cinematographic and dramatic prowess. To put it as succinctly as possible, this is a profoundly moving four hours of personalized history.
A film like this helps us to recall that we are not yet one hundred fifty years from southeastern Pennyslvania's momentary appearance as a killing field. In America's most costly war, this was its linchpin battle.
Tom Berenger and Martin Sheen turn in understated and powerful renderings of Confederate generals. Sheen's Robert E. Lee carries a mountain's weight of burden on his grieving shoulders even as he makes the decisions that will send still more Virginia gentlemen and Texas cowboys to their deaths. Jeff Daniels far outshines his earlier representation of Maine's Coronel Chamberlain, the six-times wounded college professor who would finish his working life as the president of Bowdoin College.
The panoramic battle scenes provided legions of Civil War reenactors with their glorious opportunity, one that - with the exception of a handful of volunteers who couldn't help grinning while they were being shot down - seized the day with remarkable poignance.
This one is for seeing again and again, remembering, and bowing one's head against the awful fact that nations are too often born in blood.