Directed by: Edward Zwick
Grade: A—
I find it very adequate to say that Glory is just as good a history lesson as it is a very well made motion picture. As an avid history buff just as much as I am an ardent movie watcher, I got very excited to watch Glory and got even more excited when I put the DVD into my DVD player. In the very beginning, we are delivered several impressive camera shots of a Union Army encampment. Director Zwick then takes us right into the thick of a battlefield at Antietam. It’s bloody and graphic, but that’s just war. The rest of the film serves as a vital history lesson that really couldn’t have been done much better. Glory has moments of really fine acting, direction and striking cinematography shots that take in the vastness of the Union Army training camp to the sound of stellar music. In general, it’s incredibly well done. We get deep insight into how these men trained, and the subsequent, immediate effects that the training has upon each man. We later get even deeper, yes deeper, insight when they are all thrust into battle. When watching Glory, I got a true, authentic feel for what life of the American soldier was during the American Civil War. Believe me though, Glory still has its fair share of faults and flaws, some of which are quite noticeable, but nevertheless, it deserves to take its place in among as one of the great Civil War movies.
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