Glory, Historically Incorrect Iin Many Ways

Rating: 3/10 (22 August 2000)

All too often Hollywood gets in the way of reality and history, such is the case with GLORY. The Federals attacked Ft. Wagner from the South. In the movie, it was from the north. Many of the uniforms that were worn by the principles in the movie were incorrect. Ft. Wagner was no more than 8 ft. high at it's highest point. In the movie, it was a 40 ft. high pile of dirt defended by numerous Rodman's. To make it look like the 54th troops were willing to die, courageous and were patriotic, Hollywood had them marching off to the attack, full well knowing they would die.... and loving it. In fact, they were not all that willing and had to be, shall we say, "encouraged" to lead the charge. Face it, negro troops were expendable then. Hollywood made it look like you saw it. In the movie where Matthew Broderick was talking to the newspaper reporter just before going into battle where he said something like; "if I should fall, remember what you saw here today". Did you see Matthew on the horse, nope ... he was on an 8 ft. ladder like you have at home... Just a little movie trivia there. These are just a few of the run of the mill Hollywood bungles that happened in this movie as they do in all movies. Far from this movie to be the "best war film ever", Patton, North and South Books 1 & 2, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket were better. Even the blacks wouldn't for the most part go to see GLORY in the theater, they called it racist, why they would and how they could I have absolutely no clue ... what do they see that the majority of movie-goers don't??? Are they reading something into it that isn't there. I thought it was a good movie, not great but good.