Wonderful Movie

So much average

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

A great depiction of one of the most important regiments of the Union Army. With many aspects of historical contexts, it seemed very realistic to the Civil War. A great cast of the always great Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman along with a great portrayal of Robert Shaw by Matthew Broderick fit the movie very well. This was a very different view of Broderick for me as I am used to seeing him in much less intense movies such as Deck the Halls, but it just shows his brilliance as an actor.A very interesting part of the Civil war, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment being the first African-American regiment, which isn't too well known being the focus makes for a very appealing movie.

The movie Glory which was directed by Edward Zwick was a very bloody movie that told of the first all African American regiment. At first they believed they would get a lot of fighting in the war but come to the realization that they are going to have to earn the fight and to earn getting placed in battle. They fight for the Union. The regiment is led by Robert Shaw and it is a very tricky task for him as he believes in the men but there is the theme of prejudice in the mix. The men finally are given the task of leading a bloody attack on Fort Wagner for the final fight of the movie the assault failed and Shaw was killed. The movie painted a very good picture of what actually happened on the attack of Fort Wagner and the 54th regiment. It was very gruesome but also very historical.

I was a little skeptical in watching this movie due to the fact that it was a history based film and those tend to be a little bland. Glory however moved me and had me fully enthralled. I was haunted at some parts because of the great showing of the brutality in the war. The cast is amazing and every character has you feeling all kinds of emotions. Washington's development through this movie had me almost in tears at times. Overall this movie really makes you think and see what the civil war was. Very good movie.

It was very moving to see how people thought through their decisions and how their decisions changed based on who was expecting an answer/action. Like with Robert Shaw, you could see his mind working and how sometimes he was stuck between wanting to do the right thing and wanting to do what everyone else was expecting. It really showed the divide between the races and how sometimes even though a white man would want to help and side with the blacks, they would say or do what other people would do, even if it hurt the people they were sided with. Also this movie was very sad. I understand it's a war and people die in war, but I cried over these characters, which I guess is what the directors were going for. This movie caused me to feel how the people felt back then when they got news that people died.Also the music totally gave away that it was going to be sad, but that didn't make it any easier to deal with, and the music honestly probably made it worse emotionally.