Your opinion is one sided. You focus on the negative part of humanity. Claiming racism is inherent, claiming humans are nothing more than animals. You sir are an idiot! I have no respect for people who judge others from a distance. People like you are the cause of so much pain. People like you don't deserve to live.
thanks dicks. I'll be downloading your movie now. I already own the dvd it i'm just doing it on principle. everyone should have the right to share online.
wow this movie and the history of the u.s.a. now hunderds of year later,,,,,, what change abe was not for black people this war was about keeping the union together the 40 and a mule,, the 4,000,000 black people bond wow make you wonder if there is a hell for all 99/ OF WHITE PEOPLE FROM MR. WASHITON TO BOTH MR G. BUSHES,,,,,,,
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO im srry i just didnt want my robert to die :'(((((
Putting aside all those arguments about racism for a moment... Anyone have any idea of the name of the absolutely beautiful music in the background? Watched this earlier, such an amazing film.
@OffTheGrid It is an homage to Orff's Carmina Burana written specifically for the film by its composer, James Horner. It is called "Charging Fort Wagner," and a video containing only the piece is actually up under related videos.
Unlike all you, who are arguing for who is better, who is more inspiring, and whether your ancestors survived the civil war or not, I just have to say one thing. Epic.
@ZhengStudios Officers don't usually lead their troops from the front; besides, pistols were better because they were multi-shot weapons. And the fact that both Shaw and Tripp died separately in front of the other troops was a movie trick to set their deaths apart and give them much more emphasis. The real Col. Shaw died in the middle of the battle, and his body fell into the fort. Probably not many of his soldiers noticed it, though; they were busy fighting/dying themselves.
@Maestro2500 That's the main flaw with "Glory," it is closer to propaganda than fact. There were acts of valor on both sides such as Sgt. Richard Kirkand who delievered water to his dying Union enemies in the aftermath of the Battle of Fredrick'sburg. There were also atrocities comitted by both sides.
@aspie101 Well, yes, that's true, but bear in mind that this story was not only true, but unheard of at that time. Robert E. Lee owned no slaves; he hated slavery and believed it to be immoral, but was still loyal to the South, where he was born. I have to disagree with you on terms of propaganda, though. Nowhere in this film did I see any evidence of propoganda in terms of material presentation, unless it were to encourage Americans to become more considerate of people of others' races.
@aspie101 That was an example on the side of the South, by the way. I believe this to be a stirring and long overdue tribute to these men; they were among the first to fight for their right to be considered equal, and in a nation that largely hated them, on both sides of the line of scrimmage. I consider it to be a tale of a winning triumph and sacrifice for freedom; I honestly don't see where you could get the idea of it being propagandous. Perhaps you could elaborate on that...?
@Maestro2500 It shows the Confederate soldiers as rowdy rednecks, which is inaccurate because many Confederates were of various backgrounds and many followed Robert E. Lee's example of intigrity. It also portrays the Union army as liberators who are hellbound on freeing slaves when in reality, Lincoln said that he would not free a single slave to save the union if he could.
nathan lane come in: "get up leo!" (We can do it! starts playing) then the south brings in the tap-dancing nazi's and the girls with pearls! joke from 2005 movie The producers with matthew Brodrick (colonel Shaw, if you din't already know) Nathan lane (not in this)
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest climactic film endings in the history of filmmaking. And it is what I believe to be the ending of one of the top films of all time.
Long live the memory of Col. Robert Gould Shaw and all of the brave men that fought and died in the name and in faith of a belief that this country could one day look past the color of a man's skin and see the inside of his heart.
I can only hope, if not merely wish, that I could ever do such good for mankind.
Beautiful words my friend. It's sad that racism is still alive today. Thankfully, it's not as powerful as it was during the Civil War era. One day though... one day people will see and understand the content of a man's heart and realize that is how a man should be judged. Not by the content of his skin.
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest climactic film endings in the history of filmmaking. And it is what I believe to be the ending of one of the top films of all time.
Long live the memory of Col. Robert Gould Shaw and all of the brave men that fought and died in the name and in faith of a belief that this country could one day look past the color of a man's skin and see the inside of his heart.
I can only hope, if not merely wish, that I could ever do such good for mankind.
My friends , the North did not fight and died in name of liberty! The north fought because they had a industrial economy and they needed consumers. Slaves do not buy anything!!! Then they needed to end the slavery in south to create a consumer society to buy products from the north.
@mibambino2007 They did, but the reinforcements did even worse. They sent another regiment in who also sustained heavy losses, forcing the union to give up on taking the fort.
The 54th are true Heroes of this country and I am so pleased that Glory was made to celebrate this! The Monument is Boston is stands as a to Robert Gould Shaw and the men who paid the ultimate sacrifice for what our country truly stands for - Liberty.
600,000 American lives were lost in the Civil War. That's why it makes me sick to my stomach to see people flying Confederate flags as if they are celebrating one of the darkest times in American history.
@Goatoftheforest Many people such as myself honor the Confederate flag because we have had ancestors who fought in the Confederate military during the Brothers' War. What matters is how the flags are flown. Neo-nazi groups like the KKK dishonor the Confederate flag because they turned it into a flag for hatred and totalitarianism while the Confederacy had more state powers than central powers.
@aspie101 The confederate flag was flown by a "nation" incorporating into its very constitution, the institution of slavery. The confederate flag is dishonourable, the men who fought in the Confederate states army were not Americans but traitors to all America stands for, and enemies of the ideal that ALL men are created equal. The good men of the south were the scallawags who remained loyal to the union. The confederacy was an abomination against justice and freedom. Good riddance!
@Aslaug75 The Union is actually the most non american idealistically when you think about it. Slavery was a wealthy mans' procurement. John and Jane Q sharecropper which is what 96% of what the confederacy was made up off didn't own slaves nor condoned slavery. The Civil War was not about slavery ENTIRELY. Britain did away with slavery 20 years before us AND they did it without war. Slavery was a tool that was to be used to gain favor politically by the Federal Gov.
@Aslaug75 In Fact EVERY SINGLE issue other than slavery; the Confederacy had a case and most who are Liberatarian at heart would agree. Slavery is immoral OBVIOIUSLY. However it was a latter issue to put it in true HISTORICAL context. Technology would have abolished slavery on its own....
@Aslaug75 The Federal government wanted only to obtain wholeness monetarily and fewer states rights, thus having more influence and subsequently more power.The Constitution is admittedly against this. In fact slavery was the only excuse that the union could muster in order to justify going to war with fellow americans. What other issue was there really? Name one?
Yeah, that's a PRETTY BIG DAMN EXCUSE to invade, you idiot. That's like the Japanese saying, "Pearl Harbor was the only excuse..." or the Germans saying, "Gas chambers filled with dead Jews were the only excuse the Allies could muster...."
Honestly, are you stupid? The Union didn't need another excuse. You lost. GET OVER IT.
@Grebrook Its sad that you would praise and rejoice a war that killed 600,000 white AND black American men and women. I didn't loose anything. Look up the tariff act, please? And you calling me "stupid" is doubly as ignorant; especially over the internet. You might be as pathetic a person as I've seen. Keep it mature please?I never insulted once. Its a lesser of two evils situation; on one hand you have ILLEGAL levying of taxes by Lincoln's administration. That was evil too...
@Grebrook On the other hand you have slavery...which is wrong, but it has been done away with without people dieing. There are many accounts of blacks owning slaves as well. Richards family was one of the BIGGEST cotton growing,and ginning cotton producers in the state of Mississippi....They were black. Ask yourself with TRUE logic not passion..."What father would send his son to war over some other man's slaves?" Then that only leaves OTHER motives for the souths disdain for the govt. Tariff?
@usnate1 Learn your history before you try to sound smart. South Carolina was the first state to secede and in the secession document are NINETEEN direct references to slavery as the primary motivating factor for why the state left the union. That document formed the basis for all declarations of secession of all the states that followed. The federal government did not make slavery part of the reason for until after the battle of Antietam. The south left because whites wanted to own human beings
@Aslaug75 Use reasoning not passion...consider this please? " What father would send his son to die in a war over some other man's slaves?" You can't refute the fact that Europeans did away with slavery without war, can you? There has never been a time in history when intial rise in governmental taxes didn't end in war...ask yourself why? The Federal Gov didn't NEED the tariffs. only 1% of southerners owned 50 or more slaves; the rest owned 1 to 3. Considering a slave cost $1,000 or more...
@Aslaug75 Richards family was one of the BIGGEST cotton growing,and ginning cotton producers in the state of Mississippi....They were black. Multiple families in the carolinas owned slaves. Ask yourself with TRUE logic not passion..."What father would send his son to war over some other man's slaves?" Then that only leaves OTHER motives for the souths disdain for the govt. Tariff?If you think that whites were the only ones to own slaves then you are naive. Sorry.
@usnate1 And those who did not -own- slaves, could aspire to do so. It does not take away from the fact that South Carolina specifically stated that the right to own slaves was the primary motivating factor for secession. NOT seen with hindsight 20/20, but it is right there in the paperwork they signed to secede. The south had absolutely no cause whatsoever, and even the secretary of state for the Confederate government stated that the confederacy was all about proving white supremacy.
@Aslaug75 THATS ONE STATE THAT DID. THE OTHERS MENTION SLAVERY, BUT MOST SOUTHERN STATES IN THE CONFEDERACY HAD JUST UNDER A 1/10 OF ITS POPULATION WHO OWNED SLAVES. MORON I WILL SAY THIS ONE MORE TIME; I AM FROM MASSACHUSETTS ORIGINALLY. I NOW LIVE IN ATLANTA. IT IS EASY TO JUDGE A SITUATION BASED ON THE UN ORIGINAL SEMI TRUTHS YOU CALL AN EDUCATION IN THESE UNITED STATES. I HAVE MORE SENSE OF DUTY AND HONOR THAN YOU COULD MUSTER IN YOUR ENTIRE PSEUDO INTELLECTUAL EXISTENCE UP TO NOW.
@Aslaug75 And the North wasn't? Look at some of the evils of pure capitalism during the industrial revolution: Long hours, low pay, horrible working and living conditions, and mistreatment by supervisors. The South relied on slavery because it was vital to its economy. If the North really cared about slavery, the Emancipation Proclomation would of freed the slaves behind Union lines.
@aspie101 There was a reason why the northern states were called "free states". Slavery had been abolished in the North for decades by that time. Also, if you knew the first thing about the history of slavery in the US, you would have actually sat down and read the bleedin' constitution. I urge you to pay special attention the DATE of the 13th amendment. Passed DURING the civil war, abolishing slavery in the entire United States. I have no time for pro-slavery bastards like you. Learn history!
@Aslaug75 Do your history first. Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, and even Delaware (the southernmost part) were slave states that stayed within the Union.
@aspie101 And as I pointed out, they ... like all the rest of the slaveholding states ... lost their rights to slavery BEFORE the end of the Civil War, when the thirteenth ammendment was passed. And did they secede at the time? No! Why? Because there was no loss to them. Why? Because while slavery was technically still allowed, it was practically unheard of in those states at the time. Your feeble attempts at justifying high treason and slavery are pathetic, and expose you as the racist you are.
@Aslaug75 I am not a racist, where exactly did you come up with that conclusion besides diatribe? I am simply giving light of real history. Besides, my ancestor was a German rancher who had no slaves, yet he still fought in the Confederate army for three years while his cousins fought in the Union army.
@aspie101 Because anyone defending the Confederate cause defends slavery and race-inequality by default. They are inseparable issues. South Carolina made nineteen references to slavery being its primary motivating factor for leaving the union, in the legislation the state senate passed to do so. Nineteen. Count them. The states rights they so desperately wanted to defend, was the right to own slaves. Defend the confederacy, and you defend slavery. And no non-racist will defend slavery. Ever.
@Aslaug75 Slavery has been as old as human civilization itself. It still goes on today right under our noses. What politicians want and what individual citizens want are two different things. I am not defending the politicians like Jefferson Davis, just the men who served in the Confederate military such as my ancestor, who was a German-American rancher who owned no slaves.
@aspie101 ... and who fought in an army guilty of high treason, and in defense of a government created specifically for the purpose of the presevation of slavery. Confederate soldiers were traitors to the United States, one and all, and both they and their descendants should count their blessings that they were not simply put up against a wall and shot.
@Aslaug75 Excuse me. I am one of those descendants, and I am a VERY fierce anti-racist egalitarian. Please be a bit more friendly and a bit less generalizing with your words, please.
@Maestro2500 I am saying that the descendants should be happy their forefathers weren't put up against a wall and shot. I don't believe in sins being passed down through the ages. What ticks me about Aspie, is that he defends slavery, a government based (according to the secretary of state of the Confederacy) on the supremacy of whites over blacks, and high treason. That makes him guilty by association. I've got forefathers who messed up badly, but at least I'm willing to admit it! He -isn't-!
@Aslaug75 The only reason why they were not branded as traitors was because it would have motivated them to fight again. An army will fight at its best if it understands its cause, which must be righteous.
@aspie101 I guess that's why the Union ultimately won, then. Their cause was the righteous one. Preservation of the Union, and after 1863, the abolition of slavery. Whereas the Confederacy fought to preserve slavery. I realize that the reason why the confederate soldiers were not universally branded as traitors was to prevent them from taking up arms again, but that doesn't make their actions any less treasonous, vile or wrong.
@aussiebluemax The colonies rebelled. What they rebelled against was an autocratic regime, where they did not have a say in their own governance. The Confederacy rebelled against a democratically elected government because they did not like the outcome, forming their own government based fundamentally on the principle that white men are superior to black men, and that slavery was an inalienable right for whites to enjoy, and that blacks were property, not human beings. Hypocrisy? In no way.
@Aslaug75 Many Confederates believed that they were fighting a righteous cause as well. Lee ordered every man in the Army of North Virginia to carry a copy of Les Miserables because he saw the federal government the same way that the French Revolutionaries saw the monoarchy. During the Battle of Fredricksburg, the Army of the Potomac plundered the city and the Confederates observed from Myre's Heights and were emboldened as a result. Longstreet believed that the war would have turned around...
@aspie101 ...if they had abolished slavery as soon as they took Fort Sumter. Many Southerners at the time saw slavery as an evil institution such as Robert E. Lee, who said that he would gladly surrender if he believed that the war was about slavery.
@Johnchuk3 Lee personified the Southern gentleman, that is why his men looked up to him the same way that the Continental Army looked up to George Washington. During the last days of the war, he did request that slaves be given their freedom if they served in the Confederate Army to Jefferson Davis, who told him that he would not allow it because that was the cause for secession. Longstreet lateer said that the war would have been different if they freed the slaves after Ft. Sumter.
At this battle, Sergeant William Harvey Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor for grabbing the U.S. flag as the flag bearer fell, carrying the flag to the enemy ramparts and back, and saying "Boys, the old flag never touched the ground!" While other African-Americans had since been granted the award by the time it was presented to Carney, Carney's is the earliest action for which the Medal of Honor was awarded to an African-American.
@ClipMaster93 Would not have mattered they were assulting a heavly fortified postion, the enemy knew they were comming...they charged at daylight to give them ( the 54th) the best chance (could see more) when they became pinned down the best thing to do was hold till dark.
@ClipMaster93 That's what I was wondering.. also.. WHY didn't they follow when him when he charged up the embankment???? He shoulda signaled them to charge while he was charging! I was SO pissed.. plus, why didn't they fire from the bottom of the trench and THEN charge?
The movie was little more than feel-good propaganda. Robert Shaw was killed while he led the charge of Fort Wagner, which was a complete disaster for the North.
actually no, times 5 wounded. 29 were KIA, 24 died of wounds later. 67 captured or missing and 149 wounded. For a total of 272 casualties. I guess that is pretty heavy in relation to the defenders who suffered only 12 dead.
This last battle scene is actually completely inaccurate. As was the movie as a whole. In the last battle, the movie leads the viewer to believe that there were hundreds of dead Union soldiers on the beaches and that a mass grave contained about half of all the men in the 54th. Actually records show that only 29 Union soldiers were KIA while storming Wagner. Times 3 wounded.
It is good entertainment, no doubt. However I wouldn't take Zwick's film as accurate historical documentation.
I remember watching this in 8th grade history class and thought this was so amazing. Almost cried at this scene and the burial at end of movie. the music is chilling! this movie deserves all the credit it recieves.
Idiot, I wasn't complimenting you, I was saying that you have serious defect in you if you enjoy what happens during a civil war. Of course, you probably are a closet psychopath too.
I'm not gonna lie when Colonel Shaw died I cried like a bitch, I was in tears at all the battles scenes purely because I couldn't help but think how horrible our species is, we killed so many men, women and children in our crusades of violence, I am in tears now thinking about how horrible it is that we kill ourselves like this everyday. I know that we may never see peace in humanity, but can't we dream?
Uuuuugh! T_T We finished this movie today in US History...now i'm all depressed....GOSH! I had my hand over my mouth the ENTIRE freakin' time....i was just waiting and mourning the moment i see one of the main soldiers get shot...then sure enough, Shaw does...and Cary Elwes is all...ROBERRRRT! and i was like "fuuuuck..." and now i'm all "wahhhh..."...T_T and then Denzel Washington was all "COME ONNNN!.." and then he got shot...and DOYHAGPAGH! >_<
What happened? Today we worry about gay marraige and rights for illegal aliens. What happened to courage, honor, belief, the willingness to fight for something worth fighting for? Where are the cowboys? Where is the Glory? Where is God? I love this nation but I have to say that more and more what I love about it lies in the past. This is just a clip, but it reminds me that there was a time long ago when we lived in a more civilized age.
Now that's dedication: get shot, stand up. Get shot again, die. See that your leader died. Do the same thing he did. See that, then the rest of the army charges the 8 guys that are killing 79 of them. Then charge and get killed by a cannonball. In all seriousness that was epic and that cannonball couldn't have killed all of them. Also, my favorite character was the second in command who yelled "Roberrtttt!!!!"
The first African American to win the CMH.... was a Sergeant in the 54th. He charged and followed , ever mindful of the colors... when all was lost.... he dragged the Colors... after being shot and bayoneted numerous times.. over half a mile back to Brigade HQ... that's guts people....LEARN FROM THIS...
to all the ones that joke of this battle or the civil war let me tell you something! they lost many men not only from bullets but from disease and blood lose and just imagine the pain of when some surgeon cut off your leg while you were still awake? we have to honor the people who gave they're lives to not only help the union stay together but to free African Americans so if your disrespectful of this war then your an asshole! >:(
None of the Southern states' governments should have been forgiven, what the hell was Lincoln thinking! All on the government should have been executed or imprisoned for life! Look at how many casualties there was! Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
exactly... the south committed treason by succeding from the union. people always say the the south fought the union, like the union was some other nation or country. the south was fighting against the federal government of the united states, the federal army. thats treason. treason has always carried the death penalty.
@parfitt21 well actually the North did nothing to make them feel part of the nation so they weren't reallypart of the Federal Government. And anyway to be fair the South did a damn fine job, they held out against a better equiped, better organised, better trained and more numerous army. So respect your enemy man, wot it with u guys!
@seaworld88 look man thats ridiculous, i am sure that the Union wud have held it together after committing those atrocities. Man the Confederates wud have been full of resentment, Lincoln was right to forgive cos the Union was in such a strong position they didnt need ruthlessness. U only do shit like that if your gonna gain all that was gonna gain was resentment and revenge. And maybe if the North didnt stick their big nose in the Souths buseness it wudnt have happened. Respect your enemy!!!
You need to read the Emancipation Proclamation before damning the Southern States; Lincoln only freed slaves that were held in the Southern Territories. Slaves in the Northern Territories (the Union) were freed after the war... so much for equality.
@recniabsal lol slavery was legaled in the north because lincoln didnt want to loose the boarder states, get it right son. it was never about slavery but about states' rights and how far it can extend.
@ntabonkerleo I never said thats what the war was about but the North freed their slaves BEFORE the war started. They didn't need slaves for the most part anyway because all the crops were in the south. Get it right daughter. And learn to spell.
@lonewolf379th Lincoln only freed slaves that were in areas that were rebelling against the Union. He allowed slavery in border states, like Maryland ;this is why the thirteenth amendment came into play in illegalizing slavery once and for all.
@funkeytoad08 It made me freakin' depressed ALL day today at school, because we watched it in a class...and GAH! like i know it was a movie, but knowing it REALLY happened just sickens me...T_T
@veerlejemima101 I'm glad this movie is being shown in school. While it may be depressing for kids to watch,it is something important for them to see and understand that this did indeed happen. It is part of the fabric of what we are now as a nation. Kids should watch this and be proud of what these men did and be proud of the freedom we now have because of them.
@funkeytoad08 Thank you. My class also thinks that this is a laughing matter, and I wanted to scream at them. This is a tragic and heroic atle of the heroes of the Union., who died to save this country form turmoil. Nothing is laughable about that.
by the way that was the battle of Bosworth, when Richard was defeated by Tudor through betrayal. Richard had 10, 000 men against Tudors 5000, who was attempting to take the throne by force with little claim. Plus Stanley with 6000 men promised to join Richard's. However, Northumberland failed to arrive leaving Richard with 5000 men, and add Stanley's 6000 onto Henry's made 11, 000 verse Richard's 5000. So check that out man :)
i have watched this film so many times but it never fails to give me goosebumps, Edward Zwicke really knows how to do a final charge thing. I tell u wot they haven't done possibly the most famous cavalry charge in british history other than the charge of the light brigade, was Richard 3rd when he charged with 50 men against Henry Tudor's 200 men, but was surrounded by Thomas Stanley's 6000, who had earlier promised to support Richard. But they still fought on for 2 and a half hours.
@KilledLuiiz They probably wouldn't really care, at the time the civil war didn't have a whole lot to do with slavery or racist intolerance. It was more about the south being upset over being taxed and not seeing any returns. They were a complete different culture than the north it was only natural for them to but heads. Lincoln made it about slavery later in the war to bolster support for his cause of keeping the union together.
After the battle, the South attempted to mock Robert Shaw by putting him in a mass grave along with many of his soldiers. It was intended as an insult. But his dad said:
"We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers....We can imagine no holier place than that in which he lies, among his brave and devoted followers, nor wish for him better company – what a body-guard he has"
@CountVonLewenhaupt
Your opinion is one sided. You focus on the negative part of humanity. Claiming racism is inherent, claiming humans are nothing more than animals. You sir are an idiot! I have no respect for people who judge others from a distance. People like you are the cause of so much pain. People like you don't deserve to live.
SirKnightSilvayne 10 months ago
@CountVonLewenhaupt
Normally I respect a person's opinion but you sir.... are an ass.
SirKnightSilvayne 10 months ago
....speaking of freedom.
Johnchuk3 11 months ago
thanks dicks. I'll be downloading your movie now. I already own the dvd it i'm just doing it on principle. everyone should have the right to share online.
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what do they see?
MrRose2012 11 months ago
wht is it at the end?
MrRose2012 11 months ago
The most important cause of all is giving human nature its dignity back.. thats what makes this movie so effective, it puts the war in those terms.
Johnchuk3 11 months ago
wow this movie and the history of the u.s.a. now hunderds of year later,,,,,, what change abe was not for black people this war was about keeping the union together the 40 and a mule,, the 4,000,000 black people bond wow make you wonder if there is a hell for all 99/ OF WHITE PEOPLE FROM MR. WASHITON TO BOTH MR G. BUSHES,,,,,,,
hecancook38 11 months ago
@ the second top rated comment: so did i!!! i loved robert :'( i was sobbing
highflyer002200 11 months ago
lol all of them are like :/ when the white guy died, but then Denzel goes down and its like :O and i was like "oh shit is about to hit the fan"
BabyPunter94 11 months ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO im srry i just didnt want my robert to die :'(((((
highflyer002200 11 months ago
Damn, I dont know whats more horrifying to watch this scene or the Crater scene from Cold Mountain. Both are very good and gut wrenching.
smurf3487 11 months ago
i think its ganna be great in my led *-*
Abdulmalik773 11 months ago
Putting aside all those arguments about racism for a moment... Anyone have any idea of the name of the absolutely beautiful music in the background? Watched this earlier, such an amazing film.
OffTheGrid 11 months ago
@OffTheGrid It may have been repeated in some Civil War games and films such as Gods and Generals or A Nation Divided.
aspie101 11 months ago
@OffTheGrid It is an homage to Orff's Carmina Burana written specifically for the film by its composer, James Horner. It is called "Charging Fort Wagner," and a video containing only the piece is actually up under related videos.
Maestro2500 11 months ago
Unlike all you, who are arguing for who is better, who is more inspiring, and whether your ancestors survived the civil war or not, I just have to say one thing. Epic.
thunderfire9 11 months ago
just a remark: why do they put the most important guy, the colonel, at the very front with a cutlass and a pistol while everyone else gets rifles?
ZhengStudios 11 months ago
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ALT980 11 months ago
@ZhengStudios Officers don't usually lead their troops from the front; besides, pistols were better because they were multi-shot weapons. And the fact that both Shaw and Tripp died separately in front of the other troops was a movie trick to set their deaths apart and give them much more emphasis. The real Col. Shaw died in the middle of the battle, and his body fell into the fort. Probably not many of his soldiers noticed it, though; they were busy fighting/dying themselves.
Maestro2500 11 months ago
@Maestro2500 That's the main flaw with "Glory," it is closer to propaganda than fact. There were acts of valor on both sides such as Sgt. Richard Kirkand who delievered water to his dying Union enemies in the aftermath of the Battle of Fredrick'sburg. There were also atrocities comitted by both sides.
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 Well, yes, that's true, but bear in mind that this story was not only true, but unheard of at that time. Robert E. Lee owned no slaves; he hated slavery and believed it to be immoral, but was still loyal to the South, where he was born. I have to disagree with you on terms of propaganda, though. Nowhere in this film did I see any evidence of propoganda in terms of material presentation, unless it were to encourage Americans to become more considerate of people of others' races.
Maestro2500 11 months ago
@aspie101 That was an example on the side of the South, by the way. I believe this to be a stirring and long overdue tribute to these men; they were among the first to fight for their right to be considered equal, and in a nation that largely hated them, on both sides of the line of scrimmage. I consider it to be a tale of a winning triumph and sacrifice for freedom; I honestly don't see where you could get the idea of it being propagandous. Perhaps you could elaborate on that...?
Maestro2500 11 months ago
@Maestro2500 It shows the Confederate soldiers as rowdy rednecks, which is inaccurate because many Confederates were of various backgrounds and many followed Robert E. Lee's example of intigrity. It also portrays the Union army as liberators who are hellbound on freeing slaves when in reality, Lincoln said that he would not free a single slave to save the union if he could.
aspie101 11 months ago
THIS IS WHAT I CALL A REAL KAMIKAZE ASSAULT ..... but this movie is fucking awsome ...i remember seing it whe i was 6 or 7 and i loved it since
MATASEREANU 11 months ago 2
RUN FORREST ....RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN !!!!! xD
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nathan lane come in: "get up leo!" (We can do it! starts playing) then the south brings in the tap-dancing nazi's and the girls with pearls! joke from 2005 movie The producers with matthew Brodrick (colonel Shaw, if you din't already know) Nathan lane (not in this)
shikidaman 1 year ago
I love this movie! This is so moving.
beautifulleo 1 year ago
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest climactic film endings in the history of filmmaking. And it is what I believe to be the ending of one of the top films of all time.
Long live the memory of Col. Robert Gould Shaw and all of the brave men that fought and died in the name and in faith of a belief that this country could one day look past the color of a man's skin and see the inside of his heart.
I can only hope, if not merely wish, that I could ever do such good for mankind.
Maestro2500 1 year ago 25
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@Maestro2500 Tell that to the Jews and blacks.
MrHogGamer 1 year ago
@Maestro2500
Beautiful words my friend. It's sad that racism is still alive today. Thankfully, it's not as powerful as it was during the Civil War era. One day though... one day people will see and understand the content of a man's heart and realize that is how a man should be judged. Not by the content of his skin.
SirKnightSilvayne 11 months ago
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In my opinion, this is one of the greatest climactic film endings in the history of filmmaking. And it is what I believe to be the ending of one of the top films of all time.
Long live the memory of Col. Robert Gould Shaw and all of the brave men that fought and died in the name and in faith of a belief that this country could one day look past the color of a man's skin and see the inside of his heart.
I can only hope, if not merely wish, that I could ever do such good for mankind.
Maestro2500 1 year ago
Yankee Bastards!!!
sapher2020 1 year ago
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My friends , the North did not fight and died in name of liberty! The north fought because they had a industrial economy and they needed consumers. Slaves do not buy anything!!! Then they needed to end the slavery in south to create a consumer society to buy products from the north.
madofe1965 1 year ago
wonderful movie, that is all i can say
adstanra 1 year ago 2
I thought they didnt fight at night, at least thats what i learned. xD
xLegendaryAssassin 1 year ago
Why the hell didn't they send them reinforcement after they breached the fort?
mibambino2007 1 year ago
@mibambino2007 They did, but the reinforcements did even worse. They sent another regiment in who also sustained heavy losses, forcing the union to give up on taking the fort.
cps41523360 1 year ago
@mibambino2007 Because they were used as cannon fodder.
aspie101 1 year ago
The 54th are true Heroes of this country and I am so pleased that Glory was made to celebrate this! The Monument is Boston is stands as a to Robert Gould Shaw and the men who paid the ultimate sacrifice for what our country truly stands for - Liberty.
sjjediknight 1 year ago 2
this is soooo depressing. why are humans so fucked
hvitekristesdod 1 year ago 2
ROBERT!!!!!!!
AGR04 1 year ago
23 people are Confederates.
KiCreativeStudio 1 year ago 3
600,000 American lives were lost in the Civil War. That's why it makes me sick to my stomach to see people flying Confederate flags as if they are celebrating one of the darkest times in American history.
Goatoftheforest 1 year ago
@Goatoftheforest Many people such as myself honor the Confederate flag because we have had ancestors who fought in the Confederate military during the Brothers' War. What matters is how the flags are flown. Neo-nazi groups like the KKK dishonor the Confederate flag because they turned it into a flag for hatred and totalitarianism while the Confederacy had more state powers than central powers.
aspie101 1 year ago
@aspie101 The confederate flag was flown by a "nation" incorporating into its very constitution, the institution of slavery. The confederate flag is dishonourable, the men who fought in the Confederate states army were not Americans but traitors to all America stands for, and enemies of the ideal that ALL men are created equal. The good men of the south were the scallawags who remained loyal to the union. The confederacy was an abomination against justice and freedom. Good riddance!
Aslaug75 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 The Union is actually the most non american idealistically when you think about it. Slavery was a wealthy mans' procurement. John and Jane Q sharecropper which is what 96% of what the confederacy was made up off didn't own slaves nor condoned slavery. The Civil War was not about slavery ENTIRELY. Britain did away with slavery 20 years before us AND they did it without war. Slavery was a tool that was to be used to gain favor politically by the Federal Gov.
usnate1 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 In Fact EVERY SINGLE issue other than slavery; the Confederacy had a case and most who are Liberatarian at heart would agree. Slavery is immoral OBVIOIUSLY. However it was a latter issue to put it in true HISTORICAL context. Technology would have abolished slavery on its own....
usnate1 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 The Federal government wanted only to obtain wholeness monetarily and fewer states rights, thus having more influence and subsequently more power.The Constitution is admittedly against this. In fact slavery was the only excuse that the union could muster in order to justify going to war with fellow americans. What other issue was there really? Name one?
usnate1 1 year ago
"slavery was the only excuse..."
Yeah, that's a PRETTY BIG DAMN EXCUSE to invade, you idiot. That's like the Japanese saying, "Pearl Harbor was the only excuse..." or the Germans saying, "Gas chambers filled with dead Jews were the only excuse the Allies could muster...."
Honestly, are you stupid? The Union didn't need another excuse. You lost. GET OVER IT.
Grebrook 1 year ago
@Grebrook Its sad that you would praise and rejoice a war that killed 600,000 white AND black American men and women. I didn't loose anything. Look up the tariff act, please? And you calling me "stupid" is doubly as ignorant; especially over the internet. You might be as pathetic a person as I've seen. Keep it mature please?I never insulted once. Its a lesser of two evils situation; on one hand you have ILLEGAL levying of taxes by Lincoln's administration. That was evil too...
usnate1 1 year ago
@Grebrook On the other hand you have slavery...which is wrong, but it has been done away with without people dieing. There are many accounts of blacks owning slaves as well. Richards family was one of the BIGGEST cotton growing,and ginning cotton producers in the state of Mississippi....They were black. Ask yourself with TRUE logic not passion..."What father would send his son to war over some other man's slaves?" Then that only leaves OTHER motives for the souths disdain for the govt. Tariff?
usnate1 1 year ago
"Slavery was the only excuse..."
LOL. Pretty damn big excuse. You lost. Get over it.
Grebrook 1 year ago
@Grebrook
I know. Some will defend intolerance to the death.
Ragitsu 11 months ago
@usnate1 Learn your history before you try to sound smart. South Carolina was the first state to secede and in the secession document are NINETEEN direct references to slavery as the primary motivating factor for why the state left the union. That document formed the basis for all declarations of secession of all the states that followed. The federal government did not make slavery part of the reason for until after the battle of Antietam. The south left because whites wanted to own human beings
Aslaug75 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 Use reasoning not passion...consider this please? " What father would send his son to die in a war over some other man's slaves?" You can't refute the fact that Europeans did away with slavery without war, can you? There has never been a time in history when intial rise in governmental taxes didn't end in war...ask yourself why? The Federal Gov didn't NEED the tariffs. only 1% of southerners owned 50 or more slaves; the rest owned 1 to 3. Considering a slave cost $1,000 or more...
usnate1 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 Richards family was one of the BIGGEST cotton growing,and ginning cotton producers in the state of Mississippi....They were black. Multiple families in the carolinas owned slaves. Ask yourself with TRUE logic not passion..."What father would send his son to war over some other man's slaves?" Then that only leaves OTHER motives for the souths disdain for the govt. Tariff?If you think that whites were the only ones to own slaves then you are naive. Sorry.
usnate1 1 year ago
@usnate1 And those who did not -own- slaves, could aspire to do so. It does not take away from the fact that South Carolina specifically stated that the right to own slaves was the primary motivating factor for secession. NOT seen with hindsight 20/20, but it is right there in the paperwork they signed to secede. The south had absolutely no cause whatsoever, and even the secretary of state for the Confederate government stated that the confederacy was all about proving white supremacy.
Aslaug75 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 THATS ONE STATE THAT DID. THE OTHERS MENTION SLAVERY, BUT MOST SOUTHERN STATES IN THE CONFEDERACY HAD JUST UNDER A 1/10 OF ITS POPULATION WHO OWNED SLAVES. MORON I WILL SAY THIS ONE MORE TIME; I AM FROM MASSACHUSETTS ORIGINALLY. I NOW LIVE IN ATLANTA. IT IS EASY TO JUDGE A SITUATION BASED ON THE UN ORIGINAL SEMI TRUTHS YOU CALL AN EDUCATION IN THESE UNITED STATES. I HAVE MORE SENSE OF DUTY AND HONOR THAN YOU COULD MUSTER IN YOUR ENTIRE PSEUDO INTELLECTUAL EXISTENCE UP TO NOW.
usnate1 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 And the North wasn't? Look at some of the evils of pure capitalism during the industrial revolution: Long hours, low pay, horrible working and living conditions, and mistreatment by supervisors. The South relied on slavery because it was vital to its economy. If the North really cared about slavery, the Emancipation Proclomation would of freed the slaves behind Union lines.
aspie101 1 year ago
@aspie101 There was a reason why the northern states were called "free states". Slavery had been abolished in the North for decades by that time. Also, if you knew the first thing about the history of slavery in the US, you would have actually sat down and read the bleedin' constitution. I urge you to pay special attention the DATE of the 13th amendment. Passed DURING the civil war, abolishing slavery in the entire United States. I have no time for pro-slavery bastards like you. Learn history!
Aslaug75 1 year ago
@Aslaug75 Do your history first. Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, and even Delaware (the southernmost part) were slave states that stayed within the Union.
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 And as I pointed out, they ... like all the rest of the slaveholding states ... lost their rights to slavery BEFORE the end of the Civil War, when the thirteenth ammendment was passed. And did they secede at the time? No! Why? Because there was no loss to them. Why? Because while slavery was technically still allowed, it was practically unheard of in those states at the time. Your feeble attempts at justifying high treason and slavery are pathetic, and expose you as the racist you are.
Aslaug75 11 months ago
@Aslaug75 I am not a racist, where exactly did you come up with that conclusion besides diatribe? I am simply giving light of real history. Besides, my ancestor was a German rancher who had no slaves, yet he still fought in the Confederate army for three years while his cousins fought in the Union army.
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 Because anyone defending the Confederate cause defends slavery and race-inequality by default. They are inseparable issues. South Carolina made nineteen references to slavery being its primary motivating factor for leaving the union, in the legislation the state senate passed to do so. Nineteen. Count them. The states rights they so desperately wanted to defend, was the right to own slaves. Defend the confederacy, and you defend slavery. And no non-racist will defend slavery. Ever.
Aslaug75 11 months ago
@Aslaug75 Slavery has been as old as human civilization itself. It still goes on today right under our noses. What politicians want and what individual citizens want are two different things. I am not defending the politicians like Jefferson Davis, just the men who served in the Confederate military such as my ancestor, who was a German-American rancher who owned no slaves.
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 ... and who fought in an army guilty of high treason, and in defense of a government created specifically for the purpose of the presevation of slavery. Confederate soldiers were traitors to the United States, one and all, and both they and their descendants should count their blessings that they were not simply put up against a wall and shot.
Aslaug75 11 months ago
@Aslaug75 Excuse me. I am one of those descendants, and I am a VERY fierce anti-racist egalitarian. Please be a bit more friendly and a bit less generalizing with your words, please.
Maestro2500 11 months ago
@Maestro2500 I am saying that the descendants should be happy their forefathers weren't put up against a wall and shot. I don't believe in sins being passed down through the ages. What ticks me about Aspie, is that he defends slavery, a government based (according to the secretary of state of the Confederacy) on the supremacy of whites over blacks, and high treason. That makes him guilty by association. I've got forefathers who messed up badly, but at least I'm willing to admit it! He -isn't-!
Aslaug75 11 months ago
@Maestro2500 Aslaug75 seems to be doing the work of a troll. Either that or he's new at intillectual debating.
aspie101 11 months ago
@Aslaug75 The only reason why they were not branded as traitors was because it would have motivated them to fight again. An army will fight at its best if it understands its cause, which must be righteous.
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 I guess that's why the Union ultimately won, then. Their cause was the righteous one. Preservation of the Union, and after 1863, the abolition of slavery. Whereas the Confederacy fought to preserve slavery. I realize that the reason why the confederate soldiers were not universally branded as traitors was to prevent them from taking up arms again, but that doesn't make their actions any less treasonous, vile or wrong.
Aslaug75 11 months ago
@Aslaug75 cough the hypocrisy who was it that rebelled against the commonwealth
aussiebluemax 11 months ago
@aussiebluemax The colonies rebelled. What they rebelled against was an autocratic regime, where they did not have a say in their own governance. The Confederacy rebelled against a democratically elected government because they did not like the outcome, forming their own government based fundamentally on the principle that white men are superior to black men, and that slavery was an inalienable right for whites to enjoy, and that blacks were property, not human beings. Hypocrisy? In no way.
Aslaug75 11 months ago
@Aslaug75 Many Confederates believed that they were fighting a righteous cause as well. Lee ordered every man in the Army of North Virginia to carry a copy of Les Miserables because he saw the federal government the same way that the French Revolutionaries saw the monoarchy. During the Battle of Fredricksburg, the Army of the Potomac plundered the city and the Confederates observed from Myre's Heights and were emboldened as a result. Longstreet believed that the war would have turned around...
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 ...if they had abolished slavery as soon as they took Fort Sumter. Many Southerners at the time saw slavery as an evil institution such as Robert E. Lee, who said that he would gladly surrender if he believed that the war was about slavery.
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 oh is he above lying?
Johnchuk3 11 months ago
@Johnchuk3 Lee personified the Southern gentleman, that is why his men looked up to him the same way that the Continental Army looked up to George Washington. During the last days of the war, he did request that slaves be given their freedom if they served in the Confederate Army to Jefferson Davis, who told him that he would not allow it because that was the cause for secession. Longstreet lateer said that the war would have been different if they freed the slaves after Ft. Sumter.
aspie101 11 months ago
@aspie101 in delaware, we call southern delaware slower lower, cause they're all inbred retards. hahaha
njdevilssuk 11 months ago
Did the commander of the platoon/battalion really run out in front with a sword, making himself the easiest target?
Or is that just done for dramatic movie effects?
DiverseLA 1 year ago
@DiverseLA Colonel Shaw did charge with a sword, but he was shot a few seconds later.
aspie101 1 year ago
what's the fuck is this song!!!!!!!!!
marbaramerika 1 year ago
@marbaramerika It's Carmina Burana.
HellsDM09 1 year ago
viva el sur!!!!!!!!!!!
japlumix 1 year ago
At this battle, Sergeant William Harvey Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor for grabbing the U.S. flag as the flag bearer fell, carrying the flag to the enemy ramparts and back, and saying "Boys, the old flag never touched the ground!" While other African-Americans had since been granted the award by the time it was presented to Carney, Carney's is the earliest action for which the Medal of Honor was awarded to an African-American.
dressblues88 1 year ago
This is how it works in almost all battles.
The results of an enemy leader/high ranking official dying can change the battle immensely , either in your favor or theirs.
The results usually end with either the army retreating, or a last resort charge.
tyber32 1 year ago
I Started To cry At 5:42.
lissypoo074 1 year ago 7
I dont get it why they didnt charge in night so they could have better chances?
ClipMaster93 1 year ago 3
@ClipMaster93 Would not have mattered they were assulting a heavly fortified postion, the enemy knew they were comming...they charged at daylight to give them ( the 54th) the best chance (could see more) when they became pinned down the best thing to do was hold till dark.
dressblues88 1 year ago
@ClipMaster93 That's what I was wondering.. also.. WHY didn't they follow when him when he charged up the embankment???? He shoulda signaled them to charge while he was charging! I was SO pissed.. plus, why didn't they fire from the bottom of the trench and THEN charge?
RBVTBONE 1 year ago
Keep yer Confederate money...CAHM AHMN FITY FAAAAATH!
VanHowle 1 year ago
Keep yer Confederate money...
VanHowle 1 year ago
What is the character that is played by Denzel Washington's name / Thank you to anyone who knows.
yaoiluvr007 1 year ago
I love the 54
MrMavenman 1 year ago
The movie was little more than feel-good propaganda. Robert Shaw was killed while he led the charge of Fort Wagner, which was a complete disaster for the North.
aspie101 1 year ago
actually no, times 5 wounded. 29 were KIA, 24 died of wounds later. 67 captured or missing and 149 wounded. For a total of 272 casualties. I guess that is pretty heavy in relation to the defenders who suffered only 12 dead.
HaggenPagan26 1 year ago
This last battle scene is actually completely inaccurate. As was the movie as a whole. In the last battle, the movie leads the viewer to believe that there were hundreds of dead Union soldiers on the beaches and that a mass grave contained about half of all the men in the 54th. Actually records show that only 29 Union soldiers were KIA while storming Wagner. Times 3 wounded.
It is good entertainment, no doubt. However I wouldn't take Zwick's film as accurate historical documentation.
HaggenPagan26 1 year ago
@HaggenPagan26 At least it wasn't as bad as in 300 when Hollywood sent the brave Spartans into battle without body armor.
UglyFemaleHypnotists 1 year ago
I remember watching this in 8th grade history class and thought this was so amazing. Almost cried at this scene and the burial at end of movie. the music is chilling! this movie deserves all the credit it recieves.
shadowguy20004 1 year ago
Those brave men of the 54th Massachusetts literally ran into hell. May God bless the descendants of those brave men!
ajd1211 1 year ago 2
it was sad when robert died
jrxxx100 1 year ago
Yay I love this, Americans killing out eachother!
sbwoy 1 year ago
@sbwoy
You're sick, Northern neighbor.
lonewolf379th 1 year ago
@lonewolf379th Hehe thanks for the compliment, Southern neighbor.
sbwoy 1 year ago
@sbwoy
Idiot, I wasn't complimenting you, I was saying that you have serious defect in you if you enjoy what happens during a civil war. Of course, you probably are a closet psychopath too.
lonewolf379th 1 year ago
@lonewolf379th It was a sarcastic comment, moron.
sbwoy 1 year ago
I'm not gonna lie when Colonel Shaw died I cried like a bitch, I was in tears at all the battles scenes purely because I couldn't help but think how horrible our species is, we killed so many men, women and children in our crusades of violence, I am in tears now thinking about how horrible it is that we kill ourselves like this everyday. I know that we may never see peace in humanity, but can't we dream?
DvineGaming 1 year ago
Uuuuugh! T_T We finished this movie today in US History...now i'm all depressed....GOSH! I had my hand over my mouth the ENTIRE freakin' time....i was just waiting and mourning the moment i see one of the main soldiers get shot...then sure enough, Shaw does...and Cary Elwes is all...ROBERRRRT! and i was like "fuuuuck..." and now i'm all "wahhhh..."...T_T and then Denzel Washington was all "COME ONNNN!.." and then he got shot...and DOYHAGPAGH! >_<
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veerlejemima101 1 year ago
Spectacular Film!!! Come on 54th!!!
TheMcDaddy18 1 year ago
Great scene. I seriously need to see the movie myself.
TheLegolasguy 1 year ago
If this movie was made today they would have ruined it with CGI and 3D.
fuckballs109 1 year ago 3
There's no music?
patresepdw 1 year ago
amazing movie for 1989
Geistmeister6 1 year ago
@Geistmeister6 amazing movie period....
Jigsaw3477 1 year ago
@Geistmeister6 Amazing movie for today, best war film I've ever seen.
DvineGaming 1 year ago
Imagine what the Union soldiers and journalists were thinking watching this unfold a couple hundred yards away
Nitrotech23 1 year ago 2
if they had chuck norris they would of won
yoshimonkey112 1 year ago
@yoshimonkey112 Chuck Norris would have got raped by Colonel Robert Shaw.
DvineGaming 1 year ago
@yoshimonkey112
faggot
wc3nExiZi 1 year ago
What happened? Today we worry about gay marraige and rights for illegal aliens. What happened to courage, honor, belief, the willingness to fight for something worth fighting for? Where are the cowboys? Where is the Glory? Where is God? I love this nation but I have to say that more and more what I love about it lies in the past. This is just a clip, but it reminds me that there was a time long ago when we lived in a more civilized age.
oneleggedspider 1 year ago 2
@oneleggedspider Same here too
parkour2693 1 year ago
Give em Hell 54th!
Schlachthof5 1 year ago
war makes people go to their primal instinct
KoTORfAN3 1 year ago
Bawled ma eyes out :(
CosmeticsQueenx3 1 year ago
i luv how Gary Elwes takes over and rallys the men to fight on
buffalo99ful 1 year ago 8
@buffalo99ful I agree, but it's Cary Elwes (otherwise known as one of my favorite actors ever... well just in the Princess Bride, but yeah)
laurah6432 11 months ago 2
They needed Wesley Snipes to win!^^
TheTarget1980 1 year ago
Now that's dedication: get shot, stand up. Get shot again, die. See that your leader died. Do the same thing he did. See that, then the rest of the army charges the 8 guys that are killing 79 of them. Then charge and get killed by a cannonball. In all seriousness that was epic and that cannonball couldn't have killed all of them. Also, my favorite character was the second in command who yelled "Roberrtttt!!!!"
killerorange21 1 year ago
maybe the greatest movie ive ever seen...honestly i had goose bumbs during this entire scene
go57mets 1 year ago 3
Actor Joeph Alex that's my voice on oh my lord lord I'm also siting around the campfire! I was a company a soldier with Denzel an Morgan
allntlvn 1 year ago
The first African American to win the CMH.... was a Sergeant in the 54th. He charged and followed , ever mindful of the colors... when all was lost.... he dragged the Colors... after being shot and bayoneted numerous times.. over half a mile back to Brigade HQ... that's guts people....LEARN FROM THIS...
jspee1965 1 year ago 4
"Guns don't kill people. Black mother fuckers with guns kill people."
RupertPupkin69 1 year ago
GO CSA! WE WILL RISE AGAIN!
eyalgracyani889 1 year ago
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iloveclassicstuff 1 year ago
Im a confederate supporter but this was Glorious Charge!
blitzkreig40 1 year ago
niggaz at their best: getting served by USA
kakarhu 1 year ago
to all the ones that joke of this battle or the civil war let me tell you something! they lost many men not only from bullets but from disease and blood lose and just imagine the pain of when some surgeon cut off your leg while you were still awake? we have to honor the people who gave they're lives to not only help the union stay together but to free African Americans so if your disrespectful of this war then your an asshole! >:(
theman42443 1 year ago
None of the Southern states' governments should have been forgiven, what the hell was Lincoln thinking! All on the government should have been executed or imprisoned for life! Look at how many casualties there was! Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
seaworld88 1 year ago
@seaworld88
exactly... the south committed treason by succeding from the union. people always say the the south fought the union, like the union was some other nation or country. the south was fighting against the federal government of the united states, the federal army. thats treason. treason has always carried the death penalty.
parfitt21 1 year ago
@parfitt21 well actually the North did nothing to make them feel part of the nation so they weren't reallypart of the Federal Government. And anyway to be fair the South did a damn fine job, they held out against a better equiped, better organised, better trained and more numerous army. So respect your enemy man, wot it with u guys!
MegaCastigers 1 year ago
@seaworld88 look man thats ridiculous, i am sure that the Union wud have held it together after committing those atrocities. Man the Confederates wud have been full of resentment, Lincoln was right to forgive cos the Union was in such a strong position they didnt need ruthlessness. U only do shit like that if your gonna gain all that was gonna gain was resentment and revenge. And maybe if the North didnt stick their big nose in the Souths buseness it wudnt have happened. Respect your enemy!!!
MegaCastigers 1 year ago
@seaworld88,
You need to read the Emancipation Proclamation before damning the Southern States; Lincoln only freed slaves that were held in the Southern Territories. Slaves in the Northern Territories (the Union) were freed after the war... so much for equality.
lonewolf379th 1 year ago
@lonewolf379th There WASN'T slavery in the northern states. Thats why it freed the slaves in the south. Go to school for god sakes.
recniabsal 1 year ago
@recniabsal lol slavery was legaled in the north because lincoln didnt want to loose the boarder states, get it right son. it was never about slavery but about states' rights and how far it can extend.
ntabonkerleo 1 year ago
@ntabonkerleo I never said thats what the war was about but the North freed their slaves BEFORE the war started. They didn't need slaves for the most part anyway because all the crops were in the south. Get it right daughter. And learn to spell.
recniabsal 1 year ago
@lonewolf379th Lincoln only freed slaves that were in areas that were rebelling against the Union. He allowed slavery in border states, like Maryland ;this is why the thirteenth amendment came into play in illegalizing slavery once and for all.
yaoiluvr007 1 year ago
One of the greatest Civil War battle seance ever on film about men that where HERO'S of our country and you losers find it a place to joke??? Idiots.
funkeytoad08 1 year ago 27
@funkeytoad08 It made me freakin' depressed ALL day today at school, because we watched it in a class...and GAH! like i know it was a movie, but knowing it REALLY happened just sickens me...T_T
veerlejemima101 1 year ago 2
@veerlejemima101 I'm glad this movie is being shown in school. While it may be depressing for kids to watch,it is something important for them to see and understand that this did indeed happen. It is part of the fabric of what we are now as a nation. Kids should watch this and be proud of what these men did and be proud of the freedom we now have because of them.
funkeytoad08 1 year ago 3
@funkeytoad08 Indeed. :/
veerlejemima101 1 year ago
@funkeytoad08 Thank you. My class also thinks that this is a laughing matter, and I wanted to scream at them. This is a tragic and heroic atle of the heroes of the Union., who died to save this country form turmoil. Nothing is laughable about that.
yaoiluvr007 1 year ago
lol i just wish they were all like "leerrroyyy jankinzzz""
crazedADDICTION 1 year ago 3
by the way that was the battle of Bosworth, when Richard was defeated by Tudor through betrayal. Richard had 10, 000 men against Tudors 5000, who was attempting to take the throne by force with little claim. Plus Stanley with 6000 men promised to join Richard's. However, Northumberland failed to arrive leaving Richard with 5000 men, and add Stanley's 6000 onto Henry's made 11, 000 verse Richard's 5000. So check that out man :)
MegaCastigers 1 year ago
i have watched this film so many times but it never fails to give me goosebumps, Edward Zwicke really knows how to do a final charge thing. I tell u wot they haven't done possibly the most famous cavalry charge in british history other than the charge of the light brigade, was Richard 3rd when he charged with 50 men against Henry Tudor's 200 men, but was surrounded by Thomas Stanley's 6000, who had earlier promised to support Richard. But they still fought on for 2 and a half hours.
MegaCastigers 1 year ago
I love it when the music goes "epic-dead language music"
magna188 1 year ago 5
The greatest war movie ever made by a fucking mile.
dirkbogarde44 1 year ago 3
@dirkbogarde44
Wrong: greatest war movie is still "All quiet on the Western Front" :-)
NKismynextgoal 1 year ago
@NKismynextgoal I haven't seen it in a long time. I could be persuaded.
dirkbogarde44 1 year ago
it amazing how 4 or 5 cannon batteries can keep up that much fire....
fattkattz55 1 year ago 2
if only confederates saw the modern us army ,marines
how
whites,blacks,hispanics,asians, etc etc
are so together now
KilledLuiiz 1 year ago 6
@KilledLuiiz They probably wouldn't really care, at the time the civil war didn't have a whole lot to do with slavery or racist intolerance. It was more about the south being upset over being taxed and not seeing any returns. They were a complete different culture than the north it was only natural for them to but heads. Lincoln made it about slavery later in the war to bolster support for his cause of keeping the union together.
PalpatineHxC 1 year ago
@PalpatineHxC if i was back then i would be in the union army
KilledLuiiz 1 year ago 2
@PalpatineHxC well said lad, the war didnt have a thing to do with slavery. The north just stuck their big nose in the sout's buseness.
MegaCastigers 1 year ago
@MegaCastigers
yeah, they also beat the south and showed them what for
parfitt21 1 year ago
After the battle, the South attempted to mock Robert Shaw by putting him in a mass grave along with many of his soldiers. It was intended as an insult. But his dad said:
"We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers....We can imagine no holier place than that in which he lies, among his brave and devoted followers, nor wish for him better company – what a body-guard he has"
...Legend
duncandohnut1993 1 year ago 31
@duncandohnut1993 What did they do with the Robert Shaw's friend, the bonde guy played by Wesley of The Princess Bride? Did they do the same?
ZerrickiShadow 1 year ago
@ZerrickiShadow I'm not sure if that character's fictional or not. But i imagine they'd do the same. And the princess bride, what a movie :)
duncandohnut1993 1 year ago
@duncandohnut1993 I know right, it was a great movie. Yeah Cary Elwes' character is fictional but I know he is based off a real person.
ZerrickiShadow 1 year ago
@ZerrickiShadow hmmm, time for me to do some more research :P
duncandohnut1993 1 year ago
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duncandohnut1993 1 year ago
8:15 to 8:30 always give me he chills. Every time, it is that epic.
HanMan3000 1 year ago 3