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I like that they brought up the fact that the union officers were appointed by social status. Shawl pretty much declares it in his letter when he said they made him captain of man who are older then him.-- Matt DeMarr | I like that they brought up the fact that the union officers were appointed by social status. Shawl pretty much declares it in his letter when he said they made him captain of man who are older then him.-- Matt DeMarr | ||
| + | ''Glory'' is a great movie and one thing that really stood out to me was how accurately Shaw's post traumatic stress disorder was portrayed. Towards the beginning of the movie when Shaw returns to Boston and is talking to Thomas at the gathering with his family, a maid closes the window, which causes a loud BANG similar to a gunshot and Shaw jumps; showing how emotionally disturbed and on edge he is from having been to war. The disorder is also shown during the scene when the regiment first receive their guns and are pretending to fight one another, the look in Shaw's eyes and on his face it is evident that he is still coping with having been in battle and almost killed. Post traumatic stress was a very common repercussion of war that isn't always discussed so having it play a part in the film makes the movie, for me personally, more accurate. --Mallory C. | ||
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One thing I noticed was when it came time to get paid and all the black soldiers refused because they were going to be paid less than regular white soldiers. Didn't they get paid the right amount until almost the end of the war so wouldn't it have been foolish of them to refuse to take the money especially since a lot of them needed whatever money they could get. Also would the officers have done the same thing to show support of the black soldiers. - Christine W. | One thing I noticed was when it came time to get paid and all the black soldiers refused because they were going to be paid less than regular white soldiers. Didn't they get paid the right amount until almost the end of the war so wouldn't it have been foolish of them to refuse to take the money especially since a lot of them needed whatever money they could get. Also would the officers have done the same thing to show support of the black soldiers. - Christine W. | ||
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One thing about the stereotype that amuses me is that once the 54th is in SC, a slave is talking to the Northern, educated, "Snowflake" Thomas, and he needs the wise old Freeman to interpret the dialect for him! But maybe I just like that because I like linguistics. -Whitney H. | One thing about the stereotype that amuses me is that once the 54th is in SC, a slave is talking to the Northern, educated, "Snowflake" Thomas, and he needs the wise old Freeman to interpret the dialect for him! But maybe I just like that because I like linguistics. -Whitney H. | ||
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| + | While watching ''Glory'', I couldn't help but notice that the music sounded familiar. It sounded very similar to the music in Apollo 13. I did some investigation (thanks to IMDB) and discovered that both movies have the same musical composer. While I do think the composer could have been a little more original in Apollo 13, since this movie came out first, they're still great songs. This is just something I found pretty interesting. --Mallory C. | ||
== 6 Overall == | == 6 Overall == | ||
