Let me know the moment you remembered most from this film.

Hi James, I am a Civil War Historian. I've been a fan of your channel for quite some time. Wars had been fought in this manner for quite some time. It worked because the muskets soldiers used were smoothbore and not very accurate, they had to line up in densely packed lines and fire at each other from yards away to actually hit anything. The problem with the Civil War was technology had advanced, these guys were shooting at each other with rifles that could hit a target accurately hundreds of feet away. It's why the casualties were so horrendous. The tactics hadn't caught up with the technology yet.

One fairly significant point about Denzel Washington's character in the movie.

"It starts being his story, then it turns into their story, and now it's history."

I saw Glory in the theater. You could've heard a pin drop when the credits rolled. Incredibly powerful movie.

Denzel, Morgan, Matthew, and Cary get mentioned with regards to this film…Big shout out to Andre Braugher for his performance as Thomas

Glory is one of my favorite movie of all time. Sad that the 54th Regiment memorial was vandalized months ago by people who do t know their history. I’m glad someone with a community on social media can share Glory to others. Even if only one viewer has discovered this movie, it’s a great service.

Something I don't see often discussed is the impact a film has on public education. This movie came out on VHS when I was 12, and from 7th grade to my senior year, watched it in class around 4 times.

Remember watching this film for the first time and loving every bit of it until THAT ENDING. I was thinking, "What? They... LOST??" I was thinking "what was the point of this story?". And then that epilogue came and it detailed exactly why the defeat of the 54th Massachusetts was such a critical moment in both the Civil War and American history. Their bravery even in the face of overwhelming defeat inspired an entire nation and led to the influx of hundreds of thousands more troops which ultimately turned the tide of the war.

Ed Zwick is an incredible director - Glory, Courage Under Fire, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, Blood Diamond, Defiance - all are worth the watch.

I first watched this when I was a early teen, I'm 35 now, I'm not black, or American, I'm a white Irish/Canadian guy, and the impact this movie made on me was huge, its an absolutely incredible story and really inspiring, regardless of if you're white or black or even an American, the end made my 70 year old grandpa cry, they might of lived as slaves, but fought, and died as free men so that their descendants wouldn't have to

Nominated for 5 Oscars

This is one of the 10 greatest films ever made in my opinion. Writing, directing, cinematography, editing, acting, score, and just overall importance have rarely ever come together so perfectly. It may also be the most perfectly paced historical epic ever.

“ This story could have been told by any one of these characters, and it would’ve been phenomenal“

Battles were thought in mass formations like this because at the time the thing that often won the day was the Bayonet. In a war of physicality rather than marksmanship, it was your mass of bodies vs their mass of bodies and the tighter you packed everyone together the more effective they became in a charge or in defence against a charging enemy, Safety was in numbers and was preferable to be caught on your own out in the open. Another factor was the importance of volley fire, Though Rifled muskets were coming into use during this time, they were still slow to load and the battlefield was completely different to a modern battlefield due to the use of old gun powder which created a thick blue-grey smoke that would create massive visibility problems linger on the battlefield for hours after the fighting had ceased, It was easy for men to get lost and wander off so they kept everyone in bright identifiable uniforms and in close formation, though there were light infantry with special training to fight in an open formation in these conditions, trying to get the larger groups of men to create fire superiority or any of the other functions needed from them in the chaos of this would impossible if they weren't in close formation.

This movie needs to be watched more than once! Brilliant film!

Glory is the best American Civil War movie made to date in my opinion. It has great acting, excellent big battle scenes, a moving story, a top notch score, and a lot of emotional heft. I'm glad you finally got to see it.

Glory is one of my all time favorite movies.

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It's weird to say this is my favorite war movie, especially as racism and overcoming are the main themes, and being a white man, I can't imagine. I cry every time I see it, in so many scenes, even when watching reactions. It's one of the most powerful films on the subject of racism I've ever seen, with The Help being a close second. Both movies are fantastic.