Excellent film

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2008)

If you are politically opposed to war of any kind, you won't like this film. Deal with it. If you feel that the title "Glory" implies that the filmmakers feel that you should be standing up and cheering as you see people get shot, then you need to grow up. This is an excellent interpretation of the story of the 54th Massachusetts. There are technical mistakes that the anal-retentive could point out to you regarding certain dates and other silly details (when Shaw was killed he fell into Fort Wagner, not outside of it), but all of these things are acceptable given creative license. The acting is superb, let none of the other posters here tell you differently. The common knock you may read is regarding Matthew Broderick in the role of Robert Gould Shaw. This film came out 3 years after "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", and people seem to feel that Broderick should have stayed in the role of a high-school senior forever, despite the fact that he was 24 when he played Ferris. Shaw was only 25 years old when he was killed. Broderick was 26-27 during filming. To all of those who seem to feel that he was "too young" for the role, you may want to read up on your history a bit.