Defense

Rating: 5/10 (15 January 1999)

In his defense, were YOU there when they said those lines? Were any of us there? No. However, the director did spend a little too much time trying to glorify every single character so that the audience will not feel for one, not two, but nearly the entire cast. Now I understand that this is something a plus since the soldiers that fell in Gettysbugrg were all heroes and we should see them at their best. Really, should we have everyone give their own little speech?
If you look at Glory, the dialogue flows together making one whole movie. One story. Gettysburg is a mixed up culmination of several stories going at once. That can be thrilling for the true Civil War fanatic but to the general audience it's not fun to listen.