Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

draudrey-26730 Just watched the Antietam episode. There were top-notch Antietam historians interviewed for this episode. There were several poignant stories about soldiers in this battle effectively woven into the episode. Had I just heard the episode without seeing the accompanying visuals, I would have been much happier. The battle sequences were terrible and negated the good effect of the narrative. I agree with the other reviewers who have commented on the utter lack of proper Civil War infantry drill and tactics in the battle scenes and the horrible uniforms worn horribly by the actors. This horribleness extends to the depiction of the artillery as well. This episode features Battery B 4th US, a unit that incurred 40% casualties in the battle. With the exception of one Napoleon, everything that was shown about the battery was wrong. The drill was all wrong, the arrangement of the cannons one behind the others was wrong, the limber aligned on the oblique with no horses was wrong, the mushroom clouds of canister were wrong. Where's General John Gibbon getting off his horse to raise the elevation screw to lower the muzzle? Where's the 15 year-old Cincinnati paper boy Bugler Johnny Cook earning his Medal of Honor? So much potential in this dramatic story. All wasted.

dangerforward-85826 Remember that Conan OBrian skit where he goes to an old time baseball game? The people there were pretending it was the late 1860's and played baseball using vintage uniforms, bats, rules and the like? When they found the guy with the granola bars in his pocket? I thought this "show" was an extension of that skit until I realized they were serious. Sad thing is, that skit was so well done while this was absolute garbage. Bad acting, bad production, unrealistic action, uniforms, accouterments and details. I counted THREE separate moments where I saw modern water bottles on screen. Not even trying to hide them. The uniforms looked like something the local high school got from the Goodwill. If you have to watch it, stab your eyes or so you save yourself the horror. A lifetime of blindness is preferable.

bwenglish There isn't much more to be said that hasn't already been said. This "documentary" and I use that term loosely, is a disgrace to the soldiers and sailors of the American Civil War. This is complete and utter fictionalization of historical events. I would liken this to "The 300". Sure, it's historically based but the visuals are in no way shape or form accurate. Any historian, adviser, etc. that was associated with this monstrosity should be ashamed of themselves, including Gary Adelman, the historian for the CWPT.There is a wealth of information, books, photographs, drawings, originals out there to research things like uniforms, weapons and tactics. The fact that no one took the time to look at a single Confederate or Federal uniform is evident here. No one read a tactics manual, no one studied the progression of an actual battle.The fact that the production company is so proud of their "authenticity" is proof they did little to no research. They found gray wool and blue wool jackets from Pakistan and said "this will do it". There are even production companies out there that specialize in historically accurate portrayals of Civil War soldiers with expertise, skills and knowledge of the period. They didn't even bother with a simple google search.Unfortunately, people will look at this and think it is a visual and accurate depiction of the Civil War. They had the community and expertise available to them and they didn't use it, they had an opportunity to truly educate people about the war but they ignored it. I truly hope AHC never produces another film about any period.

siltmanf These people have wasted a great opportunity to educate people on the realities of the Civil War, but their depiction of warfare and the soldiers is utterly terrible. Did you hire historical/technical advisors for the battle scenes? If so, who? They should be fired. More likely, you didn't. There is no excuse the historical inaccuracies portrayed and does a disservice to the men you are portraying. There are too many material culture and historical experts on the Civil War to do this so poorly and not even remotely depict the appearance, conduct or nature of the common soldier, and to not even depict warfare as it was. The battle scenes are nothing short of disgraceful.