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Attitude towards war
Ruby 2022-01-17 08:02:45
As the second part of the trilogy, "Gods and Generals" is actually the prequel to "The Battle of Gettysburg". Too much reflection and the expression of the Bible passages are indeed boring, which may be the main reason for the poor box office. . But while the film itself shows the history of almost three years from 1861-1863, it uses several southern army generals as the protagonists to tell the story, which itself illustrates the American attitude towards this period of history. When an army of two Irish descendants faced the battle, what we saw was the cruelty of the civil war and the sorrow of the nation. When a southern soldier and a northern soldier were exchanging food in the middle of the river, what we saw was the nature of the civil war. Although the two sides hate each other in terms of ideals and ideology, the cohesion of a nation can quietly resolve all this. Finally, I want to say that a civil war is a civil war. There is no right and wrong, and there is no dispute between right and wrong. It is a tragedy in itself. The Americans corrected this mistake immediately after the war, eliminated prejudice and estrangement, and developed. And when we face the national tragedy, it is really embarrassing that we are still so intolerant after a period of time has passed.
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Price 2022-03-19 09:01:08
This nearly four-hour movie made me feel hungry from stomach to stomach. I finally realized that this was only the first part of the Civil War trilogy.
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Dameon 2022-04-22 07:01:48
As the second part of the trilogy, it is a bit poor, and it has completely become Jackson's personal biography, which makes up for his regret that he could not appear in the Battle of Gettysburg. Very disappointed with Lee, Gettysburg is obviously a replica of the Battle of Fredericksburg, just a match between offense and defense. The Virginia Legion, who had launched a desperate charge with the thought of shouting "for Virginia", was nothing short of cannon fodder.
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Sgt. Buster Kilrain: [the 20th Maine is about to attack the stone wall at Fredericksburg]
Sgt. Buster Kilrain: Seems a terrible long distance up that hill.
Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain: It'll be shortened by those in front.
Sgt. Buster Kilrain: Beggin' your pardon, sir; the only thing that will be shortened by those in front is their lives.
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Gen. 'Stonewall' Jackson: [commenting on the elaborate uniform of General Trimble] There goes the best dressed man in this whole army.