Battle of Gettysburg

Jason 2022-01-13 08:02:24

The first part of Ronald F. Maxwell's "Civil War Trilogy", "The Battle of Gettysburg" is a genuine war epic film. The 4 hours and 20 minutes movie fully reproduces the 5 days of the Battle of Gettysburg: On July 1, 1863, a total of 150,000 troops from the North and the South fought in the small Gettysburg. This battle It became a turning point in the Civil War. The film is objective and true, magnificent, and vividly portrayed by small characters. Don't watch non-historical fans, don't watch non-war movies!
Here we don’t need to analyze the war process too much. What we want to discuss is what we can get from this war movie. Unlike "Glorious Battle", this is an epic war movie with big scenes. Epic movies not only refer to watching tens of thousands of people go to war, but these kinds of movies will surely show the magnificence of war like poetry. The 4 hours and 20 minutes "Battle of Gettysburg" undoubtedly did it, and it also did a great job. good. The first impression this movie gave me was true and objective. The 5-day battle director tried to interpret the war from the perspectives of various characters. The last thing to tell us is that there is no winner or no winner in such a war. loser.
From this perspective, Americans’ civil war reflection films are successful. In a country’s civil war, regardless of the outcome of the war, the sacrificed soldiers should be respected, because they all sacrificed their lives for the future of the country and the nation, only because of their different beliefs, but every sacrifice is immortal. Like "Tai Chi Flag Flying", we also saw the rare glory of humanity from this movie. The director reduced the soldiers and officers at all levels into "people", people with flesh and blood and thoughts, whether you are Blacks, whites, whether you are from the South or the North... In their eyes, we see the cruelty and helplessness of war, classmates and friends turn against each other, and the familiar figure in the telescope has become the target of shooting. This scene is undoubtedly a surprise. Sad. The concept of "the winner is king, the loser is the bandit" has long been thrown out of the sky at this moment. This is the war movie we need, and this is the charm of civil war war movies.
After the topic, I will recommend the soundtrack of the movie "Battle of Gettysburg", which contains Civil War songs such as Dixie, Bonnie Blue Flag, Yankee Doodle, etc.

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Gettysburg quotes

  • [Longstreet orders Hood to take Little Round Top]

    Major General John Bell Hood: They don't even need guns to defend that! All they've got to do is roll rocks down on us!

  • [Chamberlain's regiment is posted atop Little Round Top]

    Colonel Strong Vincent: Now we'll see how professors fight.