Gettysburg (1993) / Gods and Generals (2003)

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Bunker

Gods & Generals is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Not only is it incredibly and unnecessarily long, but the way the Southern generals are portrayed as god-loving, moral men made me want to gauge my eyes out. 4 hours of trite bullshit.

Gods & Generals is a terrible film, but not because the whole damn thing is set up as some kind of Southern Confederate apologia -- it's awful because Maxwell is exposed as a fundamentally incompetent director. How the same man helmed Gettysburgh is beyond me...the DP of Gettysburgh, the actors, and the script must have saved it from his complete lack of imagination, because it is obvious now he received a lot of credit as the director of Gettysburgh that was completely and utterly undeserved.

Gods and Generals is pathetically awful - one day, I'm sure someone will make a stark and true film about the South leading up to the Civil War (other than Ken Burns' magnificent documentary) but brother, this effort aint anywhere close to the mark. We're talking borderline Ed Wood stuff here. It is a disaster.

Avoid.