Gods, generals, and turkeys

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Being interested in Civil War history, I was kind of eager when the DVD of G&G came out. Now, I wasn't expecting a cinematic masterpiece, but ugh, what a stinkeroo! My thumb was blistered from use of fast forward. Not even close to the corny but historically accurate and nicely edited "Gettysburg". And unlike Gettysburg, even the battle scenes (between long stretches of tedium) were badly staged and poorly filmed. Its hard believe a movie about such a rich subject (the book was quite good) can be made soooo boring. And of all the available Civil War personalities to make the protagonist...Stonewall Jackson; the war-loving prototype for Dr. Strangelove. To quote Old Stonewall, "Bayonet the stragglers".

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Topic - Gods, generals, and turkeys - DWPC 17:09:26 07/20/03 (7)

And Stonewall was nothing compared to Sherman -nt- - Auricle 05:57:34 07/23/03 (0)

Are there really any decent Civil War films? - gware 23:40:37 07/21/03 (3)

Are there really any decent Civil War films? Yep... - daryl r `32236 13:26:15 07/26/03 (0)

Depends on your focus - DWPC 09:04:45 07/22/03 (1)

Thanks DWPC! I'll look out for those films!!<nt> - gware 17:33:07 07/22/03 (0)

Re: Gods, generals, and turkeys - Claude Abraham 13:31:27 07/21/03 (1)

You must have insomnia if you could handle an extended version! 8^) - albee33 19:34:00 07/21/03 (0)

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