Long but powerfully directed

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2011)

Gettysburg is both boring and powerful at the same time. The production values are truly what makes this film so compelling to watch and the acting is powerful especially by Sheen and Daniels. The movie goes on and on for 4 long hours and often challenges our attention span especially if the civil war does not interest you. Many of the battle scenes are very well-staged however and the filming on Gettysburg National Park itself has never been more authentic and real in a war movie. If you enjoy war films and you appreciate long movies, you should be as entranced as always by the climatic and cinematic storytelling.