Second best Civil War movie of all time.

Rating: 8/10 (31 March 2006)

I am a great fan of history and especially of the different war stories. However, my favorite movie about the Civil War is "Gettysburg." Now I can say that my second favorite movie about the Civil War is "Glory."
There is a long tradition of every war-based movie being very lengthly and seeming to last forever, but Glory didn't pass the "patience" line to where I am looking at my watch all the time and wondering how much longer the movie will last. This is the first look at the contribution of black soldiers to the Civil War, that I know of, and is finely accomplished.
Colonel Shaw (Mattew Broderick) is the only actor I didn't like. He doesn't seem to fit the role very well and his mustache and/or facial hair is often falling off of his face. Maybe Broderick should have grown out his hair a little longer. All of the other actors do a very fine job and are very impressive. No complaints other than that. Very good movie, it is edited down to PG, so there is hardly a scene one can complain about while watching. No gory battles where limbs go flying every direction, but there one hospital scene where the implied result of war wounds is VERY vivid.