A Glorious Triumph for Cinema

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2009)

Two words that sum up Glory are: 'it's brilliant!'. Glory was the first ever Civil War film I had watched and I have to say I was apprehensive of Broderick playing the lead, having seen his mediocre performance in Ferris Buellers Day Off. Fortunatley, my apprehensions were wrong and Broderick delivers an Oscar winning performance. And you just can't beat that death scene; it's just so heroic. Morgan Freeman is characteristically good in the role of the charismatic sergeant who inspires the men and Denzel Washington performs well as Pvt. Trip. I defy anyone not to feel exilerated by that fight in the forest, the way the rebels just appear out of the mist is just superb. THe musket fire is well done and I only wish that directors would make more films of this genre instead of focusing on some daft Americans in WW2. Glory is without a doubt the best film I have ever seen and if you have not seen this, GET IT!!! It is and will always be a classic.