Not a Civil War movie, but a western

Rating: 7/10 (22 October 2006)

I thought this movie was going to be a Civil War epic, but it is actually more like a western. The pace is western (very slow), the shots are western (big landscapes), and the story is pretty far fetched, like a western (not criticizing--I like westerns). Yea there is also a half-baked romance that drives the plot along, but it is totally unbelievable so I wouldn't call it a romance. But nevertheless, I found this movie enjoyable. You will also enjoy this movie if you have studied the Civil War. I kept on picking up on things and saying "oh yea, I learned that". The movie could have been called '101 reasons why the South lost the Civil War'. But anyways, this is no epic. It is a western.