Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Gettysburg (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: question, hollywood
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a great movie. I bought it, watched it, and will watch it again. However, I'd much rather watch the extra scenes version. So why can't I buy that on DVD? I saw it once on TBS. I know there was a VHS version out there about a decade back. But I haven't heard anything about the longer version since. Movie Review: I didn't move for 4.5 hours
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an exceptional film. I did not move for the entire 4.5 hours of this great telling of the story of the battle of Gettysburg. The battle scenes were well developed so that the viewer could make sense of the charges, the wins, the loses. The film was able to capture General Lee's determination to engage the enemy even if under poor conditions. In the book, the Killer Angels, it is explained that Lee was a student of the warfare strategies of Napoleon Bonaparte and Bonaparte argued to always assume the offensive for the defensive position eventually results in loss.
The leadership of Lee is compared to the Leadership of Longstreet, Lee's second in command. Longstreet advised not to engage under the circumstances offered at Gettysburg. In hindsight, it was Longstreet who was correct and Lee who made a critical misjudgement that turned the tide of the war.
My only small concern was that historians have told us that Longstreet was a military genius but also a moody, somber man who continually grieved the loss of all 4 of his children who died on the same day from scarlet fever. Longstreet was not known to be an overfriendly man. Yet Tom Beringer plays Longstreet a bit more optimistic and upbeat than his reputation, his writings, and the observations of those around him would lead us to believe.
Overall,this is exceptional entertainment and a wonderful tool for teaching US history.
Movie Review: It doesn't get any better
Summary: 5 Stars
There is perhaps no event in American history that has been as well, and as frequently, recorded as the Civil War. Books and movies abound on the subject. I have designed at least four covers for books on Abraham Lincoln alone. Few of these tell the story better, or as well, as "Gettysburg" starring Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, and Martin Sheen. Based on the Pullitzer prize-winning book "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara, the movie is a stunning evocation of what it must have been like to fight for, and to die for one's convictions. The movie's epic scope, deep pathos, and historical accuracy transcend the actual event and make it a universal expression of the human condition that underscores the futility of war. "Gettysburg" is entertaining, educational, informative, and a defining event in the birth of a nation. Run, don't walk, to add this DVD to your collection.
Willem Hart, Toronto, Ontario
Movie Review: Equal to "Waterloo" and "A Bridge Too Far".
Summary: 5 Stars
Don't let it's length put you off. Gettysburg's realism, action, cinematography and acting does for the Civil War what "Ryan" did for WWII movies. Unlike "Ryan", Gettysburg is a historical war epic in the true sense that faithfully reproduces these calamitous days in America's and therefore world history (how different would the world be if the South had won?).
One for the critical officaido.
Movie Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm from M?xico and I do not know to much about US history, but after I sow this movie not only I learned a lot but also the movie is very interesting, the music is beautiful, the images are great, the actors do an excellent job. I really recomend to everyone to watch this movie it does not matter if you are a US citizen or not.