Yar, you be here: Gettysburg > Customer Reviews

Gettysburg Customer Reviews (19 - 21 of 64 Reviews)

A Very Good Movie
The story of a great American Battle as told through the eyes of the Soldiers themselves. Based on Michael Shaara's pulitzer prize winning book "The Killer Angels". The book was superb and mostly the film stays true, although some aspects are a bit over-hollywood hokie. This is forgivable because the battle scenes are top notch and the spirit of the period and the cause is captured well.

Well cast except for Martin Sheen as General Robert E. Lee...Martin Sheen?? Please. Lee was such a great figure. Tom Berringer is terrific as General James Longstreet. The beard is a bit overdone, but he captures the essence of the brooding Confederate who was Lee's "Right Hand"

A must for any Civil War buff.

Get past the bad fake facial hair...
You know what makes good film? The thousands and thousands of actual Civil War re-enactors that participated in the filming of this epic. These guys live, eat and breathe the Civil War and came from all over the country to assist in the making of this film and they are to be commended. As for the paid actors, Berringer does a very good job, as does Daniels and Lang, in making this a believable and entertaining piece of film making. Filmed on location in beautiful Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the film is mostly accurate with respect to the structure and positioning of the many men who were involved in the 3-days of carnage in 1863. I know the townspeople in Gettysburg were very proud of the production as many had a hand in its making.

There are no winners in this one...true of most factual historical accounts, but there were many brave, scared men who did what they had to do with what they had available to them.

Outstanding are Chamberlain's 20th Maine holding Little Round Top against insurmountable odds on day 2, and Pickett's Charge on the 3rd day of the battle resulting in the complete destruction of his division. Both sequences are extremely riveting and moving.

Forget the 'politically correct' views of the characters as there is a lot of revisionist history in this one (consider the producer!), but it is a very good watch. Definately NOT A CHICK FILM. The film musical score is excellent.

So get past the bad beards and wigs and enjoy a soon to be classic film. And if you can, go to Gettysburg yourself and try to get a feel for the events and appreciate what happened on that hallowed ground, July 1-3, 1863.

Small production film with magnanimous results
Accurate in most aspects, and though one knows what the outcome it's going to be, the film does an excellent job of bringing suspense. The strength of this movie radicates in its objective view, not taking sides and not portraying the confederates as evil. It also excels at absorbing one into feeling the emotions that would've been felt by the soldiers at that very moment. Four hours well worth it.

Previous Page

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Next Page