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Title: Average at Best
Review: Gettysburg is a mediocre reproduction of Michael Schaara's historical novel the Killer Angels. There are some parts of Gettysburg that are quite good, such as Pickett's Charge and the 20th Maine's defense of Little Round Top, but the excess speechifying and moralizing, along with some poor casting choices and poor production qualities, hurt this movie badly. Killer Angels the book gets a strong 5 star rating, Gettysburg the movie gets a tepid 2 star ranking at best. Gettysburg is not nearly as good as Glory, but it is mildly better than Gods and Generals.The history of the Civil War is replete with interesting stories to tell, why can't the people at Turner Productions hire the best directors and cast to do the job right instead of cheaply and swiftly ? Turner productions is the fast food of TV & motion picture entertainment, and Gettysburg and Gods & Generals are their blue plate specials - bring your antacid when you sit down to watch them.
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