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just finished "glory" - davemchine - 05-20-2007
What a great movie. Not that the acting was much but the story was inspirational and moving. I can't imagine being a slave, less than a human being, escaping, and then returning to face either death in battle or slavery if recaptured. The bravery of those men must have been terrific. The general, played by matthew broderick, was not well portrayed and his motivations remained unexplained. Was he truly moved by his men's spirit or was he simply working to achieve what was necessary for political aspirations?
Dave
Re: just finished "glory" - vision63 - 05-20-2007
He was truly moved by his men's spirit.
Re: just finished "glory" - RgrF - 05-20-2007
It was symbiotic. He was moved by his men's spirit and courage as they were moved by his strength, integrity and support.
What Hollywood can be but more often isn't.
Re: just finished "glory" - wurm - 05-20-2007
My 17 year old son asked for it for Christmas this past year. It's one of his absolute favorite movies.
Re: just finished "glory" - spearmint - 05-20-2007
I loved it. Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors. "Driving Miss Daisy" really shows his superb skills.
Re: just finished "glory" - RgrF - 05-20-2007
Given half a shot, Mr Freeman would gleefully throttle the Minster; oh wait, that's my dream. Never mind, nothing to see here - just move on now.
Re: just finished "glory" - spearmint - 05-20-2007
[quote RgrF]Given half a shot, Mr Freeman would gleefully throttle the Minster; oh wait, that's my dream. Never mind, nothing to see here - just move on now.
Why? Is he one of the deluded Hollywood libs? By the way it is "mintster."
Re: just finished "glory" - Mike Johnson - 05-20-2007
I show the movie to my US History classes, so I know it pretty well. It's remarkable that having watched it dozens of times it still never fails to suck me in. It's amazingly well crafted, how each character has his own arc, and stays true to it. There's not a scene, not a word, that doesn't move the story along or flesh out the characters.
Every character -- except maybe Major Rawlins -- has his flaws. I think the brilliance of the movie is that Col Shaw's motives are so ambiguous. My take on it is, he's an officer, and he'll do what officers do. He's not a closeted racist, but not a fiery abolitionist, either. The movie glosses over his great reluctance to take command of the 54th -- in real life, he originally turned it down.
When he does take command, he's inspired by the men. When he has to fight for his men, you can see he's making a shift from doing what's expected of an officer, to doing what's right, and I think Broderick played that particularly well -- that sort of shaky fear he hides when he has to confront another officer.
Some people think Broderick/Shaw is the weakest part of the movie. I disagree. The movie isn't about Shaw, for one thing, and it's creepy that people today expect the one white man to be the central figure. Shaw was not Rambo, and I say kudos for that. Glory is about real heroism, not Hollywood heroics.
Re: just finished "glory" - swampy - 05-20-2007
The music (James Horner) is wonderful. Such a haunting theme.
Re: just finished "glory" - Zoidberg - 05-20-2007
Stunningly powerful movie. One of my all-time favorite soundtracks; esp "Charging Fort Wagner" is one of my favorite tracks. The scene where Shaw is watching the sun set just before the charge is, I think, one of my favorite movie moments.