A True Memorial For Civil War Drama

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2016)

In a lot of ways, this movie which preceded Ken Burns The Civil War is a part of what inspired it. This film kind of set a new story to the American Civil War few had seen. The consulting on this included Shelby Foote who was a fairly large part of the Burns series to follow.
Historical accuracy might be impossible to prove. Foote's expert consult helps but that does assure it. The cast brings this off very well with Kudos to Mathew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman. The story is a small little know piece of Civil War History. The reason it is so obscure is the lack of involvement of the biggest major heroes of the war.
In a war where over 400,000 Americans died, there are a lot of those corners. It is tough to say this, but every hero in the Civil War is not told, because some of them are lost to history and beyond the reach of anyone now, it has been so many years.
James Horner's music here, years before Titanic, is very recognizable and adds to the drama. The final battle sequence is very much in the mood of Titanic, even to the sequence after the battle where the bodies are being laid to rest. The drama of this story is definitely enhanced by the mood this music sets here.
Time passing has made this film better. So many of the reasons the film is what it is are now gone. It is a testament to why we need to record the moments we can, while we can. Life only happens once. How people contribute is the real Glory, such as in this story here.