"Glory" -- the Civil War movie w/Matthew Broderick

[mjrpes3]

Originally posted by: alien42
one of my all time favorites. a good friend of mine was an extra that got his head blown off.

you mean... he was that guy, in that one scene, that me and all my friends used to rewind and replay over and over?

 

[ManBearPig]

is that the movie with robert gould shaw?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Heen05
is that the movie with robert gould shaw?

yes-sah

 

[Red Dawn]

They have a Statue commemorating that Regiment on the Boston Commons.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: Naustica
One of my favorite movies as well and chokes me up at the end too.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Loved it.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: alien42
one of my all time favorites. a good friend of mine was an extra that got his head blown off.

I only recall one person's head getting blown off and that was in the very beginning fight scene. You're saying your friend was that guy?

 

[dennilfloss]

That is a very good movie. As for the ending, I concur with them being channeled into a killing zone. Makes sense for the fort to be defended in layers as this was a common strategy since the middle ages.

 

[nageov3t]

I hate to say it, but all I could think of during the movie was "wtf, gays aren't allowed in the military."

but it was still a pretty good movie :thumbsup:

 

[Fingolfin269]

I think this is the best Civil War movie out there. Gettysburg is okay but I find myself fast forwarding through the long-winded 'thoughts' of some of the major players.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Was flipping through the channels and saw it's playing on AMC. Such a good movie (IMHO) and great acting by Broderick. Seems kinda underrated though or maybe others just thought it sucked

It's one of those movies that chokes me up at the end.

Broderick wasn't bad...but Denzel Washington's performance was just amazing

 

[iversonyin]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: NFS4
Was flipping through the channels and saw it's playing on AMC. Such a good movie (IMHO) and great acting by Broderick. Seems kinda underrated though or maybe others just thought it sucked

It's one of those movies that chokes me up at the end.

Broderick wasn't bad...but Denzel Washington's performance was just amazing

QFT. Its the best Civil War movie.

 

[MobileLoser]

I saw it again last night too. It's awesome.

 

[sjvlad]

It has Denzel Washington & Morgan Freeman; if that's not a recipie for awesome, I dont know what is.

 

[txrandom]

I saw part of it a couple nights ago. Very good movie.

 

[sdifox]

Great movie. I think it's time to dig it out again

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: Eghck
I remember seeing that in my high school history class.

Yeah we got the edited version in school. I rented it right after that and watched the whole thing again.

 

[Farang]

I think every American history class I ever took showed us that movie. Not that I'm complaining.

 

[R Nilla]

:thumbsup: x 8

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: sjvlad
It has Denzel Washington & Morgan Freeman; if that's not a recipie for awesome, I dont know what is.

QFT, exceptional performances from great actors. I remember watching this for the first time in early 90's at my cousin's house.

 

[djheater]

For an American history class in college we had to review for historical accuracy, after lectures on the period:

Last of the Mohicans
The Crucible
Amistad
Glory

Pretty good class.

 

[PricklyPete]

Absolutely LOVE that movie.

 

[Regs]

Excellent movie, yes. Great acting too. Matthew Broderick (as Colonel Shaw), Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Jihmi Kennedy, and Andre Braugher.

I've never seen such powerful acting before from Matt and Cary. Best performances out of all of them.

And the movie did make me sniff..sniff.