Gods and Generals

For the first time I got to view the movie Gods and Generals on DVD. It has been a long, long time since I have seen a good movie. Maybe I like going against the establishment because I thought this movie was excellent. It is not surprising that the neocon and left-liberal establishment hated it with a passion.

It makes a good weekend movie due to its long running time. It does not kiss up to the establishment and shows a more neutral view of the so-called Civil War; better know as the War of Northern Aggression or the Second War of Independence.

I was just now reading some reviews of average people on the Internet (not “professional” reviewers). Some folks just needed the movie to sprinkle in a lot more blood to make them happy. (Don’t they have enough of those kinds of movies!?) Of course the majority of negative reviewers thought that it was revisionism at its worse.....and maybe that the supporters of this movie believe in slavery! (Yeah, sure we do! Give me a break.)

Gods and Generals
“Gods and Generals” by Daniel McCarthy