Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: I would recommend this picture to everyone.
Summary: 5 Stars
This ia an excellant picture The acting and everything pertaining to the picture is in my view a 10........SEE IT, YOU WONT BE DISSOPOINTEDMovie Review: Not as good as most of these reviews claim.
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is based on the book "The Killer Angels" which is an awesome work of art (Pulitzer Prize winning novel). I HIGHLY RECOMMEND reading the book thoroughly before attempting to watch this movie. The book is flat out phenomenal. The movie, on the other hand, was disappointing for me. I'll try to explain why I thought so. First of all, the acting in this movie is not the best work done by the actors that appear in the movie, most of whom have impressive resumes. The way Martin Sheen portrays Robert E. Lee makes one wonder how this General could have achieved such a lofty reputation. I think Sheen was off base in his effort here. Tom Berenger, however, plays a great General Longstreet. The fake beards in the movie are terrible and hard to over-look as you're watching it and trying to follow this gripping story. You almost can't stop yourself from laughing at the makeup. The movie itself is very long, around 4 hours, and you have to flip the DVD over after viewing the first half, which in itself is not a problem, but I would think that the director could include more important scenes in a movie of that length than some of the scenes left in. For example, I would have liked the movie to explore the interaction between Lee and Longstreet AFTER the battle (which the book does some). This movie is hard to follow if you haven't read the book and already have an idea where the story is going. The movie jumps around and it is easy for the first time viewer to get lost and not understand where the movie is going as it bounces around from one side of the battle to the other and from one character to another. The movie makers didn't do a good enough job transitioning from scene to scene to keep the audience clued in to what was happening and why a particular chain of events was important to the story and the outcome. If you are a true civil war "buff" I definitely think you should watch the movie, but don't expect a masterpiece or a great piece of work. Movies are NEVER as good as the books they are based upon. It seems that the acting in this movie is "wooden" with the actors reading from pages of script, as if hurried along to get finished. The way the scenes were shot gives the movie an "artificial" feel as if they are on a stage with a bunch of props and as a result the movie doesn't feel "realistic". It seems as though you are watching a re-enactment instead of actual events (other war movies escape this trap and make the audience feel they are watching the actual event). In summary, I'm glad I watched it but I thought it could have been better. This movie is average at best.Movie Review: Gettysburg
Summary: 5 Stars
The new movie was good quality, amzing that they get that much on one disc. I would buy an another new movie from amazon and would recommend it to a friend with no reservations.Movie Review: Thoughts on "Gettysburg"; the movie.
Summary: 4 Stars
To begin, I am not a student of the Civil War; however, I purchased the movie due to a recent and 1st time trip to the battlefield. The driving tour, accompanied by the audio CD, is a very inspiring and educational way to spend a spring day.
The movie appears to accurately portray the actual events of those three days of July 1863. I would, however, recommend watching the "making of the movie" sections first as the characters and events are difficult to follow without some preliminary study. Also recommend having a battlefield map at hand.
The movie plus the battlefield visit makes one realize how real and how tragic those three days were. A second visit to the battlefied is planned for the fall!!
Movie Review: Gettysburg
Summary: 4 Stars
The four hour battle of Gettysburg was on the whole very entertaining, well shot with good action. The story focuses on two viewpoints, that of James Longstreet and Joshua Chamberland and we view the story through their eyes.
Unfortunately, as an historian I saw the vast amount of visual errors in fact which are constantly taking place. The worst being scenes that are placed in the wrong time sequence for the first day's fighting. Second was the charge at Little Round Top. If you have ever been there you know its not that long a slope. It takes only a couple seconds from the battle line to the saddle between the two Round Tops. The movie shows this as a long long sloping ground which it is not. And finally did anyone notice the credits? There are cast members listed who are not shown in the film...cutting room floor I guess. (I now understand from reading further posts that there was at one time a Collector's Edition Video Tape which has more footage so I guess this is where the missing cast went.)
The storyline is however is essentially correct as there are no errors in fact contained in the spoken dialogue. Many of the spoken lines are taken directly from first hand accounts of the battle.
But as a Civil War (Gettysburg) story I enjoyed the movie for it places you in the lives of those men who fought there and on the whole is worth seeing despite the technical errors.