The Red Badge of Courage
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Movie Reviews of The Red Badge of Courage
Movie Review: Heroism, Stephen Crane's exploration
Summary: 4 Stars
I compared this classic story to Crane's short story, A Mystery of Heroism to ask "What defines Heroism?" Is cowardice a necessary part of courage? Does peer impact enhance or diminish heroism? Why is Heroism a burden? Juniors in high school related to this rite of passage piece. And,with Audry Murphy and Bill Mauldin, the flic connected to yet another War, WarII. Short, great for classroom.Movie Review: Nice B&W B Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good Black and White "B" Movie. My teenage son and I watched it as a bonding exercise. he is thinking about joining the military, it gave us a lot to talk about - very good movie.Movie Review: Good even if older movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Movie was good. It covered most of the things in the book. I will use this as a teacher for follow up to reading the novel. Fast delivery too.Movie Review: Difficult book to make into a movie
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie was beautiful and well-acted. I've lived in Virginia for years and been to many battle sites, and the action and the setting were very well-done.
However, the movie left me feeling flat. The book goes into so much more detail about how the young soldier was feeling, and in this movie, you really don't understand his motivations. The book is not about any particular battle in the war, it's about the struggle insdie the young soldier's head, and it's difficult to communicate that in a movie. There is a "thrift edition" of the book that doesn't cost much. I recommend reading the book instead of watching the movie. Or better yet, read a real anti-war novel written by someone who was really in a war: "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Remarque.
Movie Review: a realistic psycho-drama from the classic novel
Summary: 3 Stars
Steven Crane is known as one of the first American "realists":
reading the novel was a real experience that I remember.
The movie didn't live up to that although it was well costumed and most of the acting was good. Audie Murphy was miscast as the hero, I think
as he just doesn't have the introspective tortured look that is necessary
to pull the role off. James Dean or Montgomery Clift would have fit the role much better?!
I liked it, anyway, for the civil war historical staging.