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 Posted: Sat Oct 17th, 2009 08:14 am
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 See, I believe that GaG is somewhat appropriate, given the frame of time that the movie takes place. GaG focuses on the beginning of the war, while Gettysburg is solely a representation of the one battle.

That is to say, GaG contains the rhetoric and idealism specific to the early days of the war; when reading letters as well as speeches and first hand accounts, the naivety of the combatants and bystanders seems to be more conducive with the plot line of GaG than Gettysburg.

Therein lies the difference: the "innocent," youthful plunge into the war from both sides is represented well by GaG, while Gettysburg is more representative of the war weary, bloodstained attitude of mid-war.

I still believe that Gettysburg is the better movie, and GaG is weak in comparison. The reason being that Gettysburg has a more flowing, scripted storyline than GaG. GaG is like watching a fruit fly on blow, jumping around the historic time line without any sort of context whatsoever. Though, Stephen Lange is the tits in both movies, in each role.