Who Did More To Hinder The New England/New York Slave Trade During 1861-1865

[johan_steele]

Originally Posted by Calicoboy

Here's my chance to ask, have yous guys (y'all) seen the movie Amistad (sp?). Yeah, yeah, I hear you. This should be in the movie/book review section; but it was a very good (and graphic) movie.

Calicoboy

The movie... standard Hollywood butchery of history. The story is much more intriguing than the movie.

[unionblue]

Battalion,

You created this thread, although you have made allegations concerning this subject elsewhere on this board, so could you please provide sources where Confederate Naval vessels actually stopped New Englander slave traders/ships on the high seas during the Civil War?

Asking to vote on a thing without acutal data is a bit disconcerning. Sort of like buying a pig-in-a-poke at the bottom of a dark well at midnight during a lunar eclipse.

Sincerely,
Unionblue

[Calicoboy]

Originally Posted by johan_steele

The movie... standard Hollywood butchery of history. The story is much more intriguing than the movie.

Aw c'mon. Name one movie...one, that didn't butcher history.

Calicoboy

[samgrant]

Well, that movie. It was not entertaining. I like movies to be entertaining.

Even documentaries can be entertaining, if done well.

This was largely nothing more than a 'courtroom drama'. As long as Calicoboy has opened this up into film critism, for my taste the best courtroom drama ever must be 'Anatomy of a Murder'

Now there is a movie! You got majors like Jimmy (James) Stewart and , George C. Scott, you got Lee Remick and Ben Gazzara, classic old-timer Arthur O'Connell, plus as the judge, Joseph N. Welch (This is the attorney who represented the Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings. Welch's famous response "...Have you no sense of decency, sir..". ), finally, if that is not enough, the whole movie's music was done by Duke Ellington, who also makes a cameo appearance. (Director - Otto Preminger)

(Sorrry, Calicoboy made me do it.)


As for Amistad, I'll agree with the contention that: "The story is much more intriguing than the movie."

[ole]

No Sam. The best courtroom drama was "12 Angry Men"--the original, although "Anatomy..." was really good. On Amistad, I missed it and haven't seen it in my infrequent trips to Family Video. Is it out on DVD or VHS?
Ole

[johan_steele]

Originally Posted by Calicoboy

Aw c'mon. Name one movie...one, that didn't butcher history.

Calicoboy

Band of Brothers is probably the only Hollywood effort I can think of that has stayed pretty close to the original historical incidents. While We Were Soldiers was heads and shoulders above most it still had some annoying errors.

[johan_steele]

I do find it intriguing that their are now 3 votes for the CSN having more of an effect upon the Slave trade than the USN... when there is NO data to even hint at such a charge having any bassis in fact contained in this thread.

Is it gut feeling, wishful thinking or is there some sort of info out there that is being carefully horded? No, I fear it is just a need to feel the CS could do something better... no matter how fictional.