Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2004)

Forget the comments from foreign sources, this is not what someone from Mexico, Europe, or anywhere else thinks. This is about what a Texan thinks when he sees this version of the history that made Texas. Texas is the only state in the United States that was once its own Republic, its own nation. Because of this, we have the only state flag that may be flown at the same heighth as the US flag, all others fly below it. That is part of the reason we feel so strongly about our state, why our state is so revered from others, and why we are so hated. It is what makes this state so unique and why I love it so.
This movie goes beyond what John Wayne's version told us and got to the truth about the characters involved. It exposed Texan heroes for what they really were. It also correctly personified Santa Anna for the highly nationalistic defender of Mexico and for the vicious dictator he was. But ultimately, he was shown as the coward, who upon being defeated, tried to hide disguised as a Private and then relinquished the very soil he was fighting for simply so that his own life could be spared. For anyone who considers that comment as a spoiler you are wrong, the history is written and the ending of this movie is clear known in that history. I am reminded of a fool in line who made the comment as we were leaving an early showing, "I hope none of these people gives the ending away".
This was a very well made epic although I would not have hesitated to recommend it had it been longer to go into further depth. I would highly recommend it to anyone, to fellow Texans for the telling of history we know, and to others who wonder why we from the Lone Star State have so much pride in a small band who died fighting an army that was thousands times larger.