Wicked Spring
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Movie Reviews of Wicked Spring
Movie Review: What a waist of potential
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie could have been great, if there was more of an effort reality in the dialogue. The dialogue is a complete mess, I have been a civil war buff all my life, I've been a reenactor since I was 13 (portraying both sides), I have read every first hand account written by those soldiers that I could get my hands on. Some of these guys may have been illiterate, but they were not stupid, especially the seasoned veterans whom the two main characters are suppose to be. Its extremely hard to believe that they would have been able to go through a full night, especially on the field of battle, completely oblivious to the fact that they are sharing a camp fire with the enemy. It's amazing that through their whole night conversing that none of these strangers asked the other simply "what unit are you with?" or even picking up on the others accents. Even if they had known that they were enemies, the overall storyline could have still stayed intact, since it is well known that friendly exchanges between confederate and union soldiers did occur somewhat frequently outside of combat (although there would have to be some tweaking to Terry Jernigan character). Conversation dialogue for most (not all) is just simply cheesy.
Now for a few positives. The uniforms and equipment were very well researched and authentic. The battle scene in the beginning was very impressive. Personally after watching this DVD the while way through once, I now just watch the first 15 minutes and leave it at that.
Movie Review: I Tried My Best To Like This Film....
Summary: 2 Stars
I really tried to like this film. I generally like independent films and I LOVE Civil War flicks. At the outset, I was skeptical that the main premise, i.e., that soldiers could spend a night together and not realize that they were on opposite sides, might not work. I was not disappointed. Aside from the general absurdity of the concept, more hints were dropped than cannonballs. These characters would have had to have been just plain stupid not to know (the premise could have just as easily been that they knew they were enemies, but survived the night together anyway). Additionally, the opening sequences of "leaving home" were cliche and sappy. The battle scenes were fairly authentic, but the storyline just doesn't work, and the acting was just OK. The guy that finally realizes the situation spends the rest of the movie trying to beat everyone else up, and no matter how many times he gets knocked out, he revives and keeps coming (kind of a Civil War "Halloween"). The ending is rather somber and pointless. There is ten minute stretch by the campfire where some decent remembrences are exchaged, but thats about the only positive in the script. It just really wasn't very good.Movie Review: Unbelievable
Summary: 2 Stars
I love this period of history, have read hundreds of books on the subject, etc. etc. Other complaints aside, this film is just poorly written. We are supposed to believe that there were no literate soldiers in the Southern army! C'mon, the poor guy had to carry those letters around for three years waiting for someone to read them because no one in the Confederate army could read? This is just silly, and the idea that these men couldn't tell they were with soldiers from the other side? I really wish I could give this film a good review, as there few and far between movies made on the war between the states, and good ones are really rare. Obviously this pleased many, and I'm prepared to take all the unhelpful votes from fans to warn others. Try Pharoah's Army, a truely outstanding indie pick of this time period, which while slow on action, tells a much more realistic story.Movie Review: finale fizzle
Summary: 2 Stars
wicked spring starts off with and interesting theme of soldiers from each side of the civil war experiencing the trials and heartaches of war and soldiering.there are good battle scenes initially but the movie then gets over dramatic and weepy over lost love and one soldier's manical hate of yankees as they sit around the campfire for the rest of the movie until their final wipeout in the middle of a battle.nice start with realistic fight scenes but the action is short lived and the drama takes over.a hard core cw buff would like as a collection additive but anyone else would be advised to pass. this flick could have been very good if the action had been sustained.Movie Review: One of the WORST Civil War Films!
Summary: 1 Stars
Ok, there might be some worse films, but what makes this film a complete wreck is the amaturish screenwriting and directing. The film is nicely shot and the actors seem to have some talent, but lack obvious direction. The screenwriting is beyond laughable. The plot makes no sense, and is so completely unbelieveable to be ludicrous.At one point in the film, the main character (played by Brian Merrick, certainly the best performance in the film), who has been saving all of the letters from his sweetheart over the past two years, cannot read them as he is illiterate. Does he ask any of his friends over the past two years to read them to him? No, of course not. He asks a perfect stranger who he meets around a campfire in no-mans land, who he thinks is a Confederate soldier like him, but who is obviously a Yankee soldier (which is plain to everyone except the CS guys in the film) to read these intimate letters to him. That is just one of many, many terrible scenes.
It's not that it's a bad Civil War film, it's just a bad film period!
I hate wasted potential and with good photography, decent actors and location, the film sufferes fatally from lack of direction and plot. They should kill the director and screenwriter at the end of this film, not the actors.
If you want to see another independent film on the Civil War that had the same low budget, but is 1,000 times better? Watch "Pharoah's Army" with Chris Cooper instead. Don't waste your money on this film.