Quite possibly the best Civil War film ever

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 1998)

I've been a Civil War buff for many years, and I've watched many a movie set in the period, movies such as Glory or Gone With the Wind, but Gettysburg is the first war film I've seen that captured the brutal reality of battle in its core essence.
Many find fault with this film, as the dialogue seems rather forced, but the visual scope and battle scenes are accurate, and the feeling is there. Aided by Randy Edelman's haunting score, your pulse pounds and you feel real emotion.
All in all, it's a movie worth four hours of viewing.