Glory

Glory

1) last week we watched the movie Glory. It was about black soldiers during the civil war. It accurately displayed the history of African Americans during the time period. 

2) this story took place in 1863 during the civil war. It was down south, the faught the confederate rebbles and proved that blacks could fight just as well as white soldiers. The main character was shaw, who was a colonel in charge of the 54th regiment. He had faith in the  black soldiers and lead them into battle and eventually died at the battle of fort Wagner. 

3)  Matthew Broderick (Colonel Shaw) did a good job of portraying his character. To me he came off as weak, I wasn't sure if that was the way Shaw really was, or maybe it was just Broderick. I feel like Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington did a good job portraying their characters. 

4) I liked the story line in the movie. I thought it was a good story and the fact that it's true makes it that much more interesting. What I didn't like were the battle scenes because I felt like they were not well done. Also, I feel as if the regiment (and the war in general) was scaled down. 

5) I learned that even of you were free but disrespected, you can earn respect through battle. 

6) I feel like historians would like this movie since it was so accurate. The battle scenes were lacking however. 

7)  I give it a 3 out of 5 ***

8) overall I liked the film, but at times it was boring and hard to stay awake during.