I wish there were more of these, especially on the Civil war. I always felt the previous Civil war movies were never very good at all, although there are some that can be considered that, but I always felt there hasnât been a movie yet that has reached the level of lets say a âPrivate Ryanâ where portraying the Civil War in realistic sense has been achieved. Can you list the ten best Civil war movies ever?
The only movies I can list is âGone with the Windâ and âRide with The Devil.â The latter is one that I found to be closer to anything I ever watched that had a sense of realism to it.
Yeah they didnât do anything for me. Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen? No thank you. I mean they were great in other movies, but too Hollywood for me, and too many staged long speeches in some.
IMO the only movies so far to which I think were realistic were State of Jones, and Ride with the Devil. Some say that Gone with the Wind had some really good portrayals but no war scenes. IMO there hasnât been a complete film on the level of Saving Private Ryan that portrays a realistic aspect of the Civil War. Like a real story, one that we can actually believe.
I was surprised it was not streaming for a fee anywhere and I suspected some legal snag. After watching it after all these years, itâs was clearly being suppressed.
The opening sequence with the lights of the building turning off in sync with the music was brilliant and sets the rest of the film up.
âIsnât there enough money in peace these daysâ
So much to this film that parallels to todayâs discourse. âStrange times we live inâ, and âthe world changing to the point what is upside down is now right side upâ, etc., etc. (isnât that we we are at now?)
Also that greed and corruption goes to great lengths to cover everything else up.
The filmâs music score oscillates between patches of orchestra âdays of futureâs pastâ (Moody Blues) to beatnik moodiness of Jack Kerouacâs end of booze hounds that lends to the ebbs and flows of the pacing of the film itself.
Shots of New York city and Central Park are interesting to me seeing I knew most of those places during my college years and looks nothing that anymore, especially that horse carriage tunnel I used to call it.
What was also interesting is the use of eraâs colloquialismâs such as âDonât take any wooden nicklesâ, âcabbageâ (=Money) Or the people holding candles in an Manhattan office building during a blackout.
The filmâs crispness tells me that it was shot in Kodak Stock before going to âTri Xâ.
Gregory Peck is probably one of my favorite actors of all time, and I put him right up there with Lawrence Olivier, he always had such a commanding presence on screen. Who can forget George Kennedy in âCool Hand Lukeâ
Have you seen this series yet? This is a must see if you havenât seen it already. Truly mesmerizing and mystical at the same time. I am really hoping there will be a season 2, but given what I read about it, the difficultly in shooting this was extremely challenging.
