HF Gettysburg the Movie

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Fantastic movie, pity that Gods & Generals & Last full measure didn’t work out â˜č
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What yea talking about? They did do the Movie GODS AND GENERALS. Plus I had a better time being an extra in that one then I did the first one.
 
Stephen Lang is an accomplished actor, and as Pickett in Gettysburg he was fantastic... but I don't think he was the right person for Gn. TJ Jackson, the right personality... if Gods n Generals could have cut out some of the fluff and showed more action, maybe with someone like Jon Voight as Stonewall, it could have come out much better.
Stephen Lang was a great guy and pleasant to all the extras to include the guy that played Chamberlins brother. You don't want to know what I have to say about the rest of them Actors. I did hear Sam Eliott was a great guy too but I was not around during that part of filming. From what I heard they wanted Tom Berenger to play Longstreet again in the second movie but he demanded to play Jackson. They could not work it out so Tommy said no and Lang became Jackson!
 
View attachment 403380What yea talking about? They did do the Movie GODS AND GENERALS. Plus I had a better time being an extra in that one then I did the first one.
But they certainly won't make a film adaptation of the Last Full Measure. I think that would work better as a TV series or they should do that with Jeff Shaara's first book of the Western theater trilogy A Blaze of glory about the battle of Shiloh. It would be interesting to see someone portraying Albert Sidney Johnston and Nathan Bedford Forrest as well as seeing Sherman and Grant assessing the battle after the first day's fighting and Grant talking with Charles Ferguson Smith.
 
View attachment 403380What yea talking about? They did do the Movie GODS AND GENERALS. Plus I had a better time being an extra in that one then I did the first one.

I’ve seen it (gods & generals) several times just a pity it wasn’t better. It’s good from a historical view point but as a movie it’s lousy. It’s a long winded mess as a source of entertainment. I enjoy it for the sets & uniforms etc. As a personal side note the Irish accents are awful aswell , Kevin Conway RIP did a good job on Kilrain in Gettysburg.
 
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I’ve seen it several times just a pity it wasn’t better. It’s good from a historical view point but as a movie it’s lousy. It’s a long winded mess as a source of entertainment. I enjoy it for the sets & uniforms etc. As a personal side note the Irish accents are awful aswell , Kevin Conway RIP did a good job on Kilrain in Gettysburg.
yup your right about the acting and as far as an Oscar winner it was Lame. When my Unit went to see it for the first time at opening preview we gasped when we saw the opening scene of the Spy running into the Reb picket line. Had to be the Fattest Reb in the whole Army to include the Union Army. Farby from the beginning, sad but that's Hollywood. Conway should of played and Officer since he was drunk all the time that I saw him. Never interacted with the extras like us and just came stumbling down from where ever to do his scene then left just as fast. The best acting was Lang as Pickett hands down!
 
yup your right about the acting and as far as an Oscar winner it was Lame. When my Unit went to see it for the first time at opening preview we gasped when we saw the opening scene of the Spy running into the Reb picket line. Had to be the Fattest Reb in the whole Army to include the Union Army. Farby from the beginning, sad but that's Hollywood. Conway should of played and Officer since he was drunk all the time that I saw him. Never interacted with the extras like us and just came stumbling down from where ever to do his scene then left just as fast. The best acting was Lang as Pickett hands down!
Au contraire! The best acting was Richard Jordan as Armistead. 🙂
 
Au contraire! The best acting was Richard Jordan as Armistead. 🙂

I apologise for the mix up above I was referring to Gods & Generals. As for Richard Jordan he gave tour de force as Armistead in Gettysburg. He passed soon after the movie. That fact always gives the line “into your hand I commend my spirt” more resonance to me.
 
I apologise for the mix up above I was referring to Gods & Generals. As for Richard Jordan he gave tour de force as Armistead in Gettysburg. He passed soon after the movie. That fact always gives the line “into your hand I commend my spirt” more resonance to me.
For what it's worth, I like Lang best as Pickett, too, not Jackson, even though he gave a good performance in both movies.
 
Personally I liked the Buford scenes on Day 1 the most. It was a bit Shakespearean for sure, but I always found Buford's role the most appealing in a romantic sort of way, and the most heroic. On the contrary, I did not like Day 3 as much. Particularly, I was shook by the horrible cheesy editing when Picket tells Lee he has no division - it felt so out of place the way it zoomed in on their faces and sort of froze, that it shatters the third wall for me every time.
 
The open with Buford is very good. I though Sam was excellent. Loved him writing his report letter to Reynolds.

The open with Longstreet , Harrison and Moxley is excellent acting. The way Longstreet studies Harrisons face and Harrisons assured cockiness is excellent. Sorell's condescending spirit toward Harrison and his sucking up to Longrstreet makes him seem like a pampered aristocrat.

The worse actor was Martin Sheen. What a total disappointment. Who coached him on his southern accent? Simply awful.
 
But they certainly won't make a film adaptation of the Last Full Measure. I think that would work better as a TV series or they should do that with Jeff Shaara's first book of the Western theater trilogy A Blaze of glory about the battle of Shiloh. It would be interesting to see someone portraying Albert Sidney Johnston and Nathan Bedford Forrest as well as seeing Sherman and Grant assessing the battle after the first day's fighting and Grant talking with Charles Ferguson Smith.
Word was they didn't make the movie of the third book because GODS AND GENERALS was a flop at the Theaters and did not make a profit.
 
Personally I liked the Buford scenes on Day 1 the most. It was a bit Shakespearean for sure, but I always found Buford's role the most appealing in a romantic sort of way, and the most heroic. On the contrary, I did not like Day 3 as much. Particularly, I was shook by the horrible cheesy editing when Picket tells Lee he has no division - it felt so out of place the way it zoomed in on their faces and sort of froze, that it shatters the third wall for me every time.
"Cheesy"?? Really, I thought it was a great scene. Drove home the disaster that just took place and never should of happened in the first place. Like what the &%$# just happened. If you see Lang in all his Movies he is a great actor even if the movie stinks. Plus adding he is a super nice guy in person.
 
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