disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2004)

As a sixth generation Texan and a descendant of Texas Revolution heroes, I found this movie extremely disappointing. It was boring, the acting was terrible and even the battle scenes were lame. I agree with the other reviewer. The best scene in the movie was Davey Crockett accompanying the Mexican Army on the fiddle. Patrick Wilson was NOT Travis. I'm not sure if it was bad acting, bad editing or a combination of the two but, the movie never gave you a sense of what the Texas Revolution was about and what these men were fighting for. It was choppy and hard to follow. I think movie goers who do not already know the story will be lost. The movie was filmed ten miles from my house. The backdrop to San Antonio looks like what I see out my back door. It did not look like San Antonio de Bexar. The terrain is all wrong. It looked like Dripping Springs. They paraphrase Travis' letter to the world. He didn't even get to draw his line in the sand. How sad.