Ted Turner and Generals

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Go read your favorite "Gettysburg" film review and be done with it.
What were we expecting anyway? Well, it was nearly twice as long. And, it gave us an intermission so far into the film that half the audience had already stumbled to the restroom.
The film focused on Lee and (mostly) Stonewall, portraying them as deeply religious men who, ironically, believed in "killing the enemy". Their politics revolved around the notion that their homes were their "country" and not Mr. Lincoln's union. Slavery was downplayed as the key issue of their politics, again defaulting to "Gods will" on most issues. Their Bible-quoting sharply contrasted their northen counterparts behavior. (Thanks, Ted.)
The battle scenes were lengthy, but the tight camera shots told off on the production budget. And, Ted helped himself to a brief cameo in this one. (It was painless.)
The credits let us know that this IS a trilogy. So there is one more chance the South will rise again.

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Topic - Ted Turner and Generals - albee33 16:31:12 02/21/03 (4)

Re: Ted Turner and Generals - Pondfish 14:40:42 02/27/03 (0)

Re: Ted Turner and Generals - gware 20:53:20 02/22/03 (2)

Re: Ted Turner and Generals - Tom Brennan 14:48:04 02/23/03 (1)

Sounds like you were there, how old are you? 8^) --nt - albee33 18:36:28 02/23/03 (0)

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