An inspiring movie about the 54th Regiment

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2017)

Going into this movie, I was very skeptical because war movies tend to not keep my attention for very long. While the beginning of the movie was somewhat slow, I was pleasantly surprised by the end. When thinking of war movies, one tends to think of the violence and bloodshed of battle. Glory goes beyond this stereotype and instead focuses on the characters. You really get to see what the attitude was towards African Americans during the war. You also get to see how this attitude changes for the whites working with them. At the beginning of the movie, Matthew Broderick does an excellent job of showing how Shaw's attitude matches those of everyone else; that blacks are below whites and should be treated as such. But as he gets to know the men and continues to work with them, he realizes that blacks are people too and he begins to fight for them to be treated as such. I really liked this aspect because it added more depth to the movie as opposed to just focusing on the battles. In conclusion, Glory went above and beyond to accurately portray the obstacles that the 54th Regiment had to overcome and the bravery they showed while doing it.