ShivaX
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TLDW: Calls for violence is trending down, but is still quite high (even 11% for Democrats is high), but the people in favor of violence on the right don’t seem to know what they want so if violence does happen it’s likely to be indiscriminate and only the GOP can really address it.
I wonder if those calls for violence had anything to do with our former president and his calls for violence.
Yes, but also the entire (manufactured) outrage! ecosystem which has to top itself on a daily basis doesn’t have any other direction to turn.
Alas, not on US Netflix because God forbid people here not be squeezed for every red cent possible. Checked Prime Video and Hulu too, and it looks like I have to subscribe to Starz to see it.
What about a $3 rental? I used to love it but haven’t seen it in decades… has it aged okay?
I noticed that it was going away on Netflix (I think or maybe Amazon), re-watched earlier this year.
It is still an excellent movie, that has aged well. It is certainly one of Denzel’s top performances.
For standard definition? They can bite me. What I might do is sign up for the Starz 1 week free trial and watch it that way, then cancel. Or see if the library has a Blu-ray I can borrow, although something like that will likely be on hold till the end of time.
I first saw it a few years back and it seemed fine to me. Some object (and did at the time) to the story focusing on the Matthew Broderick character rather than a Black private as the protagonist, but Robert Gould Shaw was a real - and utterly heroic - individual, so I don’t think it’s so egregious. Also Denzel’s quasi-fictionalized character more than holds his own. That said, the contribution of African-American Union servicemen (180k of them served) remains a tale that could use a lot more telling, so there is room for a Civil War movie (many movies, in fact) with Black protagonists.
My favorite part of the movie is its depiction of the first skirmish taken part in by the 54th Mass. It’s a short scene but it feels very authentic to me, insofar as I am able to make any such judgment. The tension of standing in line of battle, firing at the enemy, awaiting their inevitable volley, etc., is very well captured.
All that said, my favorite Civil War movie is probably still Gettysburg, which is a hot mess compared to Glory, but to me just captures something that no other movie does, though it’s hard to articulate precisely what it is. Its followup Gods and Generals I found quite disappointing and rather dull, despite superior battle photography and the great Stephen Lang in the lead role.
Yeah, the author writing in 2003-4 was pretty optimistic about some of the tech developments by 2021, particularly in the field of AI.
I’d think by now, Glory would be available at most public libraries.
Seems like now would be a good time for someone to make a civil war film to remind people of that horror…
Thanks, GC! I’d say that sums it up nicely. I should revisit that film.
jpinard
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GOP candidates are just awful.
Zylon
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Strong AI is always only 20 years away.
I concur that first skirmish scene in the woods seemed to capture the intimate horror of battle more effectively than most war movies. The soundtrack/score of the movie is also fantastic.
This one’s for Tom Cotton and the GOP:
ShivaX
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“I hope the GOP can be liberated from Trumpism, that’s why the GOP should run Trumpists.”
Is that a fair rephrasing of that tweet? I thought Youngkin was a relatively sane candidate who courted the Trumpists without fully embracing their cruel insanity. This is preferable to me than the alternative.
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