By Trust Created | Summary | Acting | Film | Edge | Reality |
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TRUST WEIGHTED | Very Good | Very Good | Very Good | Risqué | Glib |
AVERAGE | Great | Great | Great | Risqué | Glib |
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Very Good
3.5
The battles of 1st Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville get brought to terribly glorious life in this opening … |
Very Good
3.5
The entire cast – esteemed though they are – labors with the formalism and weightiness of their lines. Robert Duvall… |
Very Good
3.5
Plato wrote about the need for philosopher kings. Gods and Generals gives us philosopher generals: Stonewall Jackson… |
Risqué
2.0
Civil War violence and medical treatment was unprecedented in its cruelty, a fact well shown here. |
Natural
1.0
The early industrial warfare techniques were amazingly brutal, caught between the gunpowder era and the modern one. Fo… |
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Great
4.0
Gods and Generals is a perfectly named title for this epic film about the civil war leading up to the battle of Gettysb… |
Great
4.0
Great acting by Stephen Lang as Stonewall Jackson, Robert Duvall as Robert E Lee and Jeff Daniels Lt Chamberlain. Thes… |
Great
4.0
Several battles recounted in this film, most notably Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville. Going from scene to scene, I … |
Risqué
1.8
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Glib
1.5
I'm thinking this was pretty close to what it was like — perhaps a few too many solderers had eloquence. |
Jun 26, 2010 7:56AM
BrianSez
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Regarding BrianSez’s Review |
Jun 25, 2010 11:29PM
Wick
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Regarding BrianSez’s Review I’m with you on the Civil War fascination. I got a chance to walk the Fredricksburg battlefield a couple of years ago: along the sunken road and up Marye’s Heights. Burnside’s Union troops didn’t stand a chance. Gotta take your recommendation and see this movie. Lang and Duvall as Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. That’s just this side of Mount Rushmore stuff. |
Title Released | Summary | Trust |
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A Bridge Too Far1977 War |
|
7 |
Glory1989 War |
|
83 |
Hamburger Hill1987 War |
|
17 |
The Hunt for Red October1990 War |
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20 |